Hey friends!
I wrote a new song today. I had a couple of people in mind as I wrote it, but mostly it’s from my own experience. To give you a bit of background, I have to tell you about another song I wrote.
A year ago, I wrote a song called “O Love that will not let me go.” I was at a point in my life where I felt very low emotionally…had just experienced some losses in my life, and was in a lot of pain. But instead of running TO God, I felt myself slinking away. I felt so bruised and sore (emotionally) that I didn’t want to let anyone in, and I couldn’t find comfort anywhere. I didn’t want to be rejected, so I rejected God. Not in a blatant way. In fact, I didn’t even know I was doing it until I woke up one day with the words “O Love that will not let me go” in my mind. I did the only appropriate thing – looked it up on Youtube – and found the most beautiful version of the hymn sung by David Phelps (listen to it here: ) It touched me so sweetly, that I wrote my own version…I took the first verse and made it into my chorus. You can hear this song on my new album, or buy it on iTunes or CD Baby.
Lately I’ve been feeling the same way, but in a bit of a different sense. Being in a relationship has shown me some of the issues I need to work through with insecurities, trusting God, and putting my hope and joy and expectations in a perfect Saviour…not a person. It’s scary to trust and scary to risk, because you might just get hurt. But I think I’d rather risk getting hurt than be alone for the rest of my life. And you know, in each step of life – whether single, married, with children, without children – God continues to show us that HE IS THE ONE we live for. He will continue to lovingly draw us back to Himself as our Lord and King. He is a jealous God, and we are not to have any idols before Him. When I was writing this song today, I was coming back to the Lord, remembering that He has loved us with an everlasting love (Jeremiah 31:3), and that His love is quite strong enough to hold on to us no matter where we are at! What a joy to rest in that.
So anyway, back to my song! 🙂 Here are the lyrics. I will record this hopefully in the next few days and post on Youtube so people can hear how it goes!
You never give up on me
January 7, 2013
No matter how many times I have failed
No matter how many times I’ve let you down
You don’t give up
You never give up on me
I saw your love so brilliant at the Cross
You washed me clean and gave me a new name
I fell in love because
You never gave up on me
And you didn’t send me on my way
To figure out this life on my own
In the good times and the bad, You are right here
And you just don’t let go
I really don’t want to run away from you
But sometimes your love seems too good to be true
And I’m trying to believe that
You never give up on me
‘Cause you didn’t send me on my way
To figure out this life on my own
In the good times and the bad, You are right here
And you just don’t let go
It’s in the hardest times that I see
If your love had conditions, you’d have given up on me
But as it is, You are here
And my heart knows that you will
Never give up on me
And you didn’t send me on my way
To figure out this life on my own
In the good times and the bad, You are right here
And you just don’t let go
It’s in the hardest times that I see
If your love had conditions, you’d have given up on me
But as it is, You are here
And my heart knows that you will
Never leave, never lie, keep your promise till I die
And so I run into your arms because
You never give up on me, You never give up on me, You never give up on me