Why Taylor Swift’s “Willow” is Your New Favorite Christian Song: A Thread

1.) “Life was a willow, and it bent right to your wind” emulates John Mark McMillan’s “Loves like a hurricane; I am a tree, bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy” 1/

2.) “The more you say, the less I know” clearly demonstrates the sanctification process.

As Timmy K says- We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.

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3.) “I'm like the water when your ship rolled in that night.
Rough on the surface, but you cut through like a knife.”

I mean... duh.

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4.) When Taylor sings “wreck my plans”, she obviously refers to Proverbs 19:21–

“Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.”

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5.) Taylor follows up that lyric with “that’s my man”, which asserts the hypostatic union of Jesus— who is both fully God and fully man

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6.) Going back to the bridge—“I come back stronger than a '90s trend.” Do you know who came back stronger than a 90’s trend?

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6a.) “For if we have been united with him in a death like His, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like His.” - Romans 6:5

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