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The Way It Is With Love
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Aug 15, 2026 updated
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Natalie Grant's song 'The Way It Is With Love' reflects on family, sacrifice, and the growth that comes through pain. She honors her parents for nurturing her faith and love, comparing herself to a rose that blooms through their sacrifices. The chorus emphasizes that pain and rain are necessary for growth, and that love binds families together. The song also points to a spiritual vision of the cross as a family tree, where Christ's sacrifice brings freedom and hope. It's a heartfelt tribute to parental love and the enduring nature of love through generations.
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Inside of every heart, there is a seed
My mama watered mine, and raised me to be
A rose, a rose, or some greater thing
Mama, you're beautiful to me
Oh my Daddy, I want you to know
Your little, baby girl became that rose
The bloom, the bloom blushed deeper red
With every drop of sacrifice you bled
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There's no growing without any pain
There's no flowers without the rain
We are bound together by blood that's flowing through us
And that's the way it is with love
I have a vision, a hope and a dream
I see a hill, across a healing stream
Where the Rose arose, to set us free
And the Cross became a family tree
[chorus]
Circle of God comes around
And turns us into special things, somehow
And one day we'll hold little flowers of our own
And we'll sacrifice so that they can grow
[chorus]