New Song on iTunes Released: The Miracle of Marriage

A new single was released today on iTunes: “The Miracle of Marriage:” http://bit.ly/3vzTuq

The song came as a result of preparing to speak at a Strong Bonds retreat, which is a marriage retreat for soldiers and their spouses. I was so moved by the event, and by the fact that I would be conducting marriage renewal vows, that I wrote and recorded this song.

The Miracle of Marriage is released by Bethesda Words and Music, produced by my friend Steve Babb, with vocals by Miss Cindy Gibbs, and piano and string arrangement, and percussion by Fred Schendel. Steve Babb played bass, and I prayed acoustic guitars and provided the vocal. We cut it in Charlotte (at Concentrix Studios) and at Sound Resources in Chattanooga. It is the first installment on the next collection of songs. I am working on them now and am ready to go back into the studio for some more.

My prayer is that this song will be a blessing to your marriage. And maybe even a “miracle.”

The Miracle of Marriage

© 2009 Words and Music by Michael Anthony Milton; © 2009 Bethesda Words and Music, BMI

In the beginning when time began

God took a rib from a sleeping man

And fashioned a woman to make humanity

This is how it came to be

And He called for the man to love his wife

With all of his power for all of his life

And He called for the woman to honor her man

This much we understand

But there’s more to the song

Because something went wrong

And the good that God made became flawed

But the miracle of marriage is God

When a man and a woman fall in love

No Cupid shoots arrows from Hollywood

But when love becomes commitment

And commitment turns to vows

The angels begin to applaud

For the miracle of marriage is God

Don’t tell me that a marriage that began with such power

Must be thrown overboard for the sea to devour

When there’s grace from the One

Who speaks stillness to the sea

And who welcomed a sinner like me

Say, Honey, I’m beginning to see

That the elderly couple in the nursing home

Holding hands in a world that seems all their own

Must have come through times of struggle and

Must have come through times of pain

And yet this special love remains

Because a long time ago

Each of them had to let go

Of their own lives to find this love

And the miracle of marriage is from above

Yes the miracle of marriage is His love