How To Do I Love You

"How To Do I Love You"
Glory's Gate
Written by JT Marshall
(2021 Eclipse Studios)
Downloads: iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/album/how-to-do-i-love-you-single/1561178451
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/3CxnYzSbXHOmeNE2oHcg1U?si=N4q5ggBvSbms1Ov04myPLA
Have you ever loved someone and had no idea how to let that someone know - beyond saying, "I love you"? I'm sure many have had their significant other angry at them only to wonder what they did to deserve the anger treatment. I myself had struggled with this and quite frankly still do. I have a great love for my wife but have come to realize I am not very good at showing it.
This song was inspired by "I Could Only Imagine" by Mercy Me. After seeing this movie and reflecting on the foundation of that story, JT began to look back on his own life and discovered he was as broken as anyone could be. The hurt he never noticed, and the patience of his loved ones brought about the words of this song. Although this song didn't take a lifetime to write like in the movie, it was written on the reflection of a lifetime.
"How to Do I Love You" isn't a 'How to song'. In fact, it's a testimony of adjustment - of life. A reflection of real life and growth. A never-ending struggle to shake selfish instincts not only to say, "I love you", but to actually honor it by doing love and placing others before self.