Treasure In A Song

Dear Evangelicals:

 "A treasure hidden in a field".

Consider, then, the message hidden in this song since it was released by The Association in 1966:

Every time I think that I'm the only one who's lonely
Someone calls on me
And every now and then I spend my time in rhyme and verse
And curse those faults in me

And then along comes Mary
And does she want to give me kicks, and be my steady chick
And give me pick of memories
Or maybe rather gather tales of all the fails and tribulations
No one ever sees

When we met I was sure out to lunch
Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch

When vague desire is the fire in the eyes of chicks
Whose sickness is the games they play
And when the masquerade is played and neighbor folks 
make jokes
As who is most to blame today

And then along comes Mary
And does she want to set them free, and let them see reality
From where she got her name
And will they struggle much when told that such a tender 
touch as hers
Will make them not the same

When we met I was sure out to lunch
Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch

And when the morning of the warning's passed, the gassed
And flaccid kids are flung across the stars
The psychodramas and the traumas gone
The songs are left unsung and hung upon the scars

And then along comes Mary
And does she want to see the stains, the dead remains of all 
the pains
She left the night before
Or will their waking eyes reflect the lies, and make them
Realize their urgent cry for sight no more

When we met I was sure out to lunch
Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch

 "Along Comes Mary", written by Tandyn Almer


This is not the money or the power or the revenge on the 
differently-faithful that you imagine you have coming to you 
in this life. This is a song about a savior who gave birth to a 
Savior. 

This is a song about the ways that you and I, as Christians, 
are supposed to heal folks every day. And it's been hidden 
away all this time, because it's old, and you need Google to 
tell you what's being said.

A treasure hidden in a field. Do you see it?

That's the question Jesus asks us every day, and the answer we give is literally a matter of life and death for everyone concerned.

There is this little story in Matthew 18:2-4 (NKJV). Maybe it'll help:

Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."