Traded Plastic for Pearls
All I have found this far
Is that I’m up and down
That I can’t trust myself
That I can trust in You
And all this has been so far
Is finding out where to start
I’m so far from figuring
Where I’m meant to be
And I’m not out to make sense of everything
But I want sense enough to fall back on You
What if I did? What if I did?
Gave my whole life, let it all fly
Stepped before sight, and lost the whole world
Fell into real life, traded plastic for pearls
And all You have done so far
Should have convinced this heart
I find there’s a fight between
the seen and unseen
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Unable to Suppress
How precious are Your thoughts, O Lord
How mysterious Your ways
Outnumbering the grains of sand
Outdoing understanding
Your works are wonderful
My heart knows this full well
Your love has brought me in
And my heart can’t help but sing
How majestic are You, Lord
How Your glory fills this earth
How Your blood has bought my soul
I’m unable to suppress my praise for You
Where can I go from You, Lord
You’ve laid Your hand on me
Such knowledge is too wonderful
Too high for me to fully see
With fear and wonder I now come
Confessing my deep need
I’m caught up in Your graciousness
Bound up in You and there set free
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Another Day, a Better Place
O Lord, You know I love You
That I’d never cause You pain
That I’ll follow You forever
Through hell, through death, through shame
Yes, I’ve made my resolution
To always stand up tall
But the rooster crowed this evening
And night began to fall
And I knew that I’d been called out
So hold me now when only hopelessness is found
And love me when my brokenness is all around
Kiss me in the dead of night, the lonely ache
And tell me now that I will see another day,
A better place
O You know I didn’t mean to
That I am crying for Your pain
That I don’t deserve to follow
I deserve Your scorn, Your shame
But I look across the courtyard
And I’m struck full by Your gaze
And I know what You are saying
You know me deeply in this place
And You adore me just the same
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I Burn for You
I lay down my heart, my thoughts, my feelings to You now
My body laid before You on the ground
My spirit low in reverence and love
And though I’m scared
And I struggle every day with Your words
“Leave it all, and follow me until the very end”
Yes, I’m scared
But when I see the passion in Your eyes I burn, I burn
I burn
I lay down my dreams and my ambitions to You now
I forfeit how I think my life should be played out
I’m willing to be freed to live inside Your grace
In Your mercy You have broken me
To understand my need for You
And in Your mercy You have healed me
And drenched me in Your grace, it’s pouring down
Your grace is pouring down
And though I’m scared
And I struggle every day with Your words
I’ll leave it all, and I’ll follow You until the very end
Yes, I’m scared
But when I see the passion in Your eyes I burn, I burn
I burn
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You Have Filled Our Hearts
We are thankful for the work You’ve done in us
And we are here to celebrate You and the power of Your cross
We rejoice that You have ransomed us from death
We were lost but You have found us and have breathed in us Your breath
We are washed by Your blood
We’re called out by Your voice
By Your wounds we are healed
We rejoice, we rejoice
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord
The whole earth is filled with Your glory
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord
You have filled our hearts with Your glory
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord
You have opened up our eyes so we can see
We were blind but You have shown to us Your perfect mystery
And it is deeper than we fathom or perceive
Christ the King living in us the hope of glory
We are changed by Your grace
Sanctified by your truth
We’re alive by your life
You are good, You are good
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Everywhere You Go
Lord I feel the darkness of this life
The sin of my forefathers and the sin of mine
And some days I struggle to look on the world with bright eyes
I am needy for Your words of love and peaceful silence
Have peace, be still
Do not be afraid
Have peace, be still
Let your weary soul know
That I have been and I will be
Everywhere you go
Lord I feel the hardness of my heart
And a subtle willingness to not accept Your grace
But I want to be full of all You are
I am needy for this Bread of Life and Living Water
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Cry for Fire
You may have heard it said
that all good things come to an end
But I tell you that all good things
Are found in who I am
So turn your eyes from worthless things
And place your gaze on me
For I am the beginning and the ending of all things
O Lord, my breath is Yours to give and Yours to take away
And I have only seen the least of Your amazing ways
But I have seen enough to know that I want nothing more
You must increase, I must decrease Lord
And I’m longing for You to
Take me away, take me away
From everything that holds me back
From giving all I am to You
And the weakness of my heart
O come like fire and burn me up
Till nothing’s left to lose
Envelope all I am by fire
Until I’m only You
And I’m longing for You to
Take me away, take me away
From everything that holds me back
From giving all I am to You
And the weakness of my heart
Take me away, take me away
My spirit longs to see You, Lord
Release me from this weary world
and lay me at Your throne
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A Deeper Tongue [1st Movement
]
Round and round and round and round and round
The thundering, the ceaseless praise
The thundering, the ceaseless praise
The constant revelation calls for constant praise of You
Holy, holy, holy, holy, holy
The trembling, the ceaseless grace
The trembling, the ceaseless grace
The constant revelation calls for constant praise of You
Undo me in Your revelation to praise like angels do
The ground is shaking, opinions breaking
Awe and smoke and fire
Bowed down low and covering eyes
The song climbs higher, higher, higher
The full response to Glory known
Throughout the heavens and the globe
The temple fills with anthems told with words
But sung by a deeper tongue
Sung by a deeper tongue
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A Deeper Tongue [2nd Movement]
Instrumental…
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A Deeper Innocence
Staring at the coals
Fighting to burn another day
Praying that hope against all hope
Life will spring into these bones
And raise up the ashes
There’s so much more than this
There’s so much more than this
A longing gone amiss
A deeper innocence
The paper burned away
And left you to fill the empty space with wishes
But the flame has lost its place
You’re blowing to salvage the disgrace
But you can’t raise your own ashes
You’re hoping for what already is yours
You’ve closed your hands and yet you ask for more
You’ve forgotten what He suffered to afford
It’s yours, it’s yours
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Hallelujah (Such Sweet Mystery)
Your breath has breathed on the least of these
Your gentleness has called me to let go
The mystery of Your mercy melting me
How is it that Your great love has brought my spirit
From its heavy state to glorious freedom?
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Such sweet mystery
Hallelujah, You’re such sweet mystery
Your thoughts are higher than I know
And yet You’ve fixed Your mind on me
A wretch, so infinitely low
How is it that Your great love extends the hand of grace
To those deserving of Your great anger?
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Love and Live and Breathe
Everywhere, every day, every time
Subtly, in my ear, in my mind
Different than all the noise, all around
Calling me, calling me out
Lord sometimes my heart just wants to leave this place
Yet I confess, sometimes I love this world
more than Your grace
But in the end it’s You I need to love and live and breathe
(last time) And in the end You’re good, so good to me
And You’re always all I need
In my mind, in my soul, in my bones
Quietly lies the hope of a home
Different than all the earth all around
Calling me, calling me out
You’re piecing me together little bit by little bit
And one beautiful day I’ll be a whole
Apart from all those pieces that were never meant to fit
Sweet Jesus, I will finally let them go
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Save Me
Well here I am for all to see
Living in my same self-centered reality
It’s all that I can do to take my head
Out of the clouds and see those next to me
I think you’ll agree we’re similar
You and I, both at the center of our own concern
The needs of others taking second place
A subtle sickness causing us to turn the other way
For a moment I’m in despair
All the wealth in the world can’t buy this cure
But there’s one place I know to be
Losing my pride and bending my knees
I’ll be singing
Hosanna, hosanna
Save me Lord
Hosanna, hosanna
Cause I can’t afford
To think I’m doing fine without You
Jesus, You embraced the cross for me
Took it on Yourself to love me selflessly
And there the nails, they tore Your skin
And Your blood poured like Your love, purely, endlessly
And in Your eyes I see the cure
To our greedy hearts and our self-preserving fear
O let Your weeping over us be heard
And our hearts be changed as You wash us with Your tears
Hallelujah, there’ll come a day
When we’ll no longer fight to store our treasures
We must find our place on our knees
If we will not bow now we may never
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