so good, so, so good
Probably top 10 favorite song.
Jars of Clay- World's Apart
I am the only one to blame for this
Somehow it all ends up the same
Soaring on the wings of selfish pride
I flew too high and like Icarus I collide
With a world I try so hard to leave behind
To rid myself of all but love
to give and die
To turn away and not become
Another nail to pierce the skin of one who loves
more deeply than the oceans,
more abundant than the tears
Of a world embracing every heartache
Can I be the one to sacrifice
Or grip the spear and watch the blood and water flow
To love you - take my world apart
To need you - I am on my knees
To love you - take my world apart
To need you - broken on my knees
All said and done I stand alone
Amongst remains of a life I should not own
It takes all I am to believe
In the mercy that covers me
Did you really have to die for me?
All I am for all you are
Because what I need and what I believe are worlds apart
I look beyond the empty cross
forgetting what my life has cost
and wipe away the crimson stains
and dull the nails that still remain
More and more I need you now,
I owe you more each passing hour
the battle between grace and pride
I gave up not so long ago
So steal my heart and take the pain
and wash the feet and cleanse my pride
take the selfish, take the weak,
and all the things I cannot hide
take the beauty, take my tears
the sin-soaked heart and make it yours
take my world all apart
take it now, take it now
and serve the ones that I despise
speak the words I can't deny
watch the world I used to love
fall to dust and thrown away
I look beyond the empty cross
forgetting what my life has cost
so wipe away the crimson stains
and dull the nails that still remain
so steal my heart and take the pain
take the selfish, take the weak
and all the things I cannot hide
take the beauty, take my tears
take my world apart, take my world apart
I pray, I pray, I pray
take my world apart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCezEbaMHdA
this song means so much to me. each lyric digs to my heart. I just watched/listened about 20 times tonight. would i be the one who pounded the nails into Jesus hands and feet, would i look on him scoffing, mocking? yes. but even when we were sinners, Christ died for us on that cross, the humiliating death that we deserve for not following God and his commands.
We come to the Lord on our knees, needing the Lord as we are so absorbed in this fleeting world. more and more i need the Lord, owing more each and every hour. The Holy Spirit steals our heart and makes it clean, ridding it of all the sin, cleansing it of our pride that hinders our relationship with God, thinking we can do it on our own. We are so selfish. I am so selfish. And i try to hide it. What man might not see, God does. And He wants us to admit that sin, acknowledge our disobedience, accept Christ's love and gift of Heaven in the next life.
Lord, I pray "take the beauty, take my tears, the sin-soaked heart and make it yours"
be blessed
Jars of Clay- World's Apart
I am the only one to blame for this
Somehow it all ends up the same
Soaring on the wings of selfish pride
I flew too high and like Icarus I collide
With a world I try so hard to leave behind
To rid myself of all but love
to give and die
To turn away and not become
Another nail to pierce the skin of one who loves
more deeply than the oceans,
more abundant than the tears
Of a world embracing every heartache
Can I be the one to sacrifice
Or grip the spear and watch the blood and water flow
To love you - take my world apart
To need you - I am on my knees
To love you - take my world apart
To need you - broken on my knees
All said and done I stand alone
Amongst remains of a life I should not own
It takes all I am to believe
In the mercy that covers me
Did you really have to die for me?
All I am for all you are
Because what I need and what I believe are worlds apart
I look beyond the empty cross
forgetting what my life has cost
and wipe away the crimson stains
and dull the nails that still remain
More and more I need you now,
I owe you more each passing hour
the battle between grace and pride
I gave up not so long ago
So steal my heart and take the pain
and wash the feet and cleanse my pride
take the selfish, take the weak,
and all the things I cannot hide
take the beauty, take my tears
the sin-soaked heart and make it yours
take my world all apart
take it now, take it now
and serve the ones that I despise
speak the words I can't deny
watch the world I used to love
fall to dust and thrown away
I look beyond the empty cross
forgetting what my life has cost
so wipe away the crimson stains
and dull the nails that still remain
so steal my heart and take the pain
take the selfish, take the weak
and all the things I cannot hide
take the beauty, take my tears
take my world apart, take my world apart
I pray, I pray, I pray
take my world apart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCezEbaMHdA
this song means so much to me. each lyric digs to my heart. I just watched/listened about 20 times tonight. would i be the one who pounded the nails into Jesus hands and feet, would i look on him scoffing, mocking? yes. but even when we were sinners, Christ died for us on that cross, the humiliating death that we deserve for not following God and his commands.
We come to the Lord on our knees, needing the Lord as we are so absorbed in this fleeting world. more and more i need the Lord, owing more each and every hour. The Holy Spirit steals our heart and makes it clean, ridding it of all the sin, cleansing it of our pride that hinders our relationship with God, thinking we can do it on our own. We are so selfish. I am so selfish. And i try to hide it. What man might not see, God does. And He wants us to admit that sin, acknowledge our disobedience, accept Christ's love and gift of Heaven in the next life.
Lord, I pray "take the beauty, take my tears, the sin-soaked heart and make it yours"
be blessed