Pushing on even when it hurts
Letting go of the pain
That's what makes you more than those
Who just wait out the rain.

There was a story
I wanted to hide
But escaped no matter
How hard I tried.

I had a scar
I wanted to fade
But it stuck out ugly
And always disobeyed.

There was a memory
I wanted to forget
But the truth was clear then
And I always thought of it.

There was a future
I wanted to be real
But hopeless days before me
Were all that I could feel.

I came across a Healer
He ripped me open wide
And touched all of my hurting parts
And made me new inside.

Now I know a Savior
Who knows you like his own
He can change you just like me
And melt your heart of stone.

Give me a picture,
Give me a time
I'll give you a symbol
Give you a sign.

Show me an instance
Show me a way
I'll show you evidence
Show you my say.

Leave me some doubt
Leave me a fear
I'll leave you no worries
Not leave you, I'm here

I watch as my emotions
Gently roll up and down
That was an understatement
They're faster than I can write down

I am old, so much older now
And you think you can hurt me?
I am wise, so much wiser now
And I used to have so much mercy.

But maybe I have to hurt
    so that I can heal
Maybe I have to realize
    in order for it to be real

Maybe it wasn't right,
    but that doesn’t matter now
What matters is that I can change,
    it doesn’t matter how

Maybe I need to be strong
    in order to give in
Maybe it won’t make sense now
    but someday I can win

Maybe I shouldn't worry,
    my life is in control
Maybe it doesn’t seem so,
    but I am in His hold.


But I was willing to change it all
    To alter who I am
Just to know that I was his
    I made his life my plan

I made things harder than they should
    To think, I was so certain
That I would never know another
    That he was the right person

It all seems like a blurry dream
    Now that I try to see it
But all that I thought I knew
    I can hardly now believe it

Maybe I won’t be his own
    Someday, long from today
I have to make this my plan now
    Until I find my own way.

If my words
Were musical
And had a beat and time,
How would all
The cymbals go
Around my crafted rhymes?

Take me
Take me from this land
Use me
Use all that I am

Send me
Send me where I must go
Let me
Let me make others know

Give me
Give me to the lost souls
Show me
Show me all of my roles

When I only want myself
When I'm caught in something else
I'm not looking for what's right
I'm just giving up the fight

When I lose track of my way
When I let go of my faith
I'm not hopeless in Your grace
I'm the one You came to save.

Pour me
Pour me as an offering
Wear me
Wear me down and I will sing

Use me
Use me, use me Lord
Take me
Take me and my life outpoured

When I seem beyond return
When my life has ceased to burn
I am never out of reach
Lord please give me constant peace

When I forget why I'm here
When my focus disappears
I am being made anew
I can still be used by You.

Use me
Use me, gracious Lord
Take me
Take this life that You've outpoured.

You'll never know
How close you are
To finding out
You're never far.