Thursday, February 12, 2009

Words to build a life on

So I've been listening to the Mike Crawford and His Secret Siblings album in my car again.  I've really been captured by the last song called "Words to Build a Life On."  Here is the a link to their myspace page where you can give it a listen to and below are the lyrics, what do you think?

These are words to build a life on
These are Your words how can they be mine
These are words to build a life on
These are Your words I want them to be mine


Blessed are the poor
Blessed are the weak
Blessed are the ones
Who can barely speak


Blessed in your hurt
Blessed in your pain
Blessed when your teardrops
Are falling down like rain


Blessed when you’re broken
Blessed when you’re blind
Blessed when you’re fragile
When you have lost your mind


Blessed when you’re desperate
Blessed when you’re scared
Blessed when you’re lonely
Blessed when you’ve failed


Blessed when you’re beat up
Blessed when you’re bruised
Blessed when you’re tore down
Blessed when you’re used


These are words to build a life on
These are Your words how can they be mine
These are words to build a life on
These are Your words I want them to be mine


Blessed when you’re heartbroke
Blessed when you’re fired
Blessed when you’re choked up
Blessed when you’re tired


Blessed when the plans
That you so carefully laid
End up in the junkyard
With all the trash you made


Blessed when you feel like
Giving up the ghost
Blessed when your loved ones
Are the ones who hurt you most


Blessed when you lose your
Own identity
Then blessed when you find it
And it has been redeemed


Blessed when you see what
Your friends can never be
Blessed with your eyes closed
Then blessed you see Me


These are words to build a life on
These are Your words how can they be mine
These are words to build a life on
These are Your words I want them to be mine


Blessed when you’re hungry
Blessed when you thirst
Cause that’s when you will eat of
The bread that matters most


Blessed when you’re put down
Because of me you’re dissed
Because of me you’re kicked out
They take you off their list


You know you’re on the mark
You know you’ve got it right
You are to be my salt
You are to be my light


So bring out all the flavor
In the feast of this My world
And light up all the colors
Let the banner be unfurled


Shout it from the rooftops
Let the trumpets ring
Sing your freaking lungs out
Jesus Christ is King!


Jesus is my Savior
Jesus is divine
Jesus is my answer
Jesus is my life


These are words to build a life on
These are Your words how can they be mine
These are words to build a life on
These are Your words I want them to be mine


Give us ears that we may hear them
voice that we may sing them
life that we may live them
hope that we may give them
hearts that we can feel them
eyes that we can see them
thoughts that we may think them
tongues that we may speak Your words

How would your church handle the line, "sing your freakin' lung out that Jesus Christ is King!"

1 comment:

  1. "Freakin'" is my favorite word, after "grace" of course...but FREAKIN' GRACE - now that's remarkable and shout worthy too.

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