The first love

O, Lord, my sole desire

is to live in that first love
'cause there I see your beauty
and your glory from above.
And when your love is in me,
Lord, help me to share thereof
So that the love I share
is always fresh like that first love.

Revelation 2:4

John 15:9

I wrote this chorus for the tent meetings in Lyngdal in the summer of 2005, where first love was the theme of my speeches. The following year I wrote an arrangement for the Divisional Wind-Orchestra of the Salvation Army in Moldova during a rehearsal weekend led by Yngve Slettholm. Thus, the chorus was also translated into Russian. In 2019, the orchestra still had the simple melody in its repertoire. 

Link to sheet-music with English text