June 01, 2010

"...what it feels like to live life."

This morning I stood in the driveway waving a bubble wand.  My oldest sons and my niece ran around in front of me.  The garage radio was tuned in to Air1, which was playing a song I had never heard before.  Yours To Take by Jimmy Needham.  As the lyrics danced out of the garage, the children before me danced among the bubbles with their hands in the air.  It looked all too much like a worship service. 


True joy is found in those moments, like the one described above, in which one is keenly aware of the stuff described below.


Jimmy Needham - Yours To Take
From the album Nightlights

This is my second chance
This is no song and dance
You came in and renewed a right spirit
This is grace at its best
This is taking a restless, messed up heart and having you clear it

I can feel the weight is lifting
I'm barely staying on the ground
And I can feel the wait is over
Finally the lost is found

(Chorus)
So, this is what it feels like to live life
So, this is breathing air for the very first time
The Son of man, He came here to give life
And in return He's asking for mine
I've Been captured by grace
I'm not going away
I'm Yours to take

I was down for the count
I was up, but knocked out
When I heard pardon for the interruption
Then like out of blue
Out came glorious You

You picked me up without barely any introduction
You won my heart by a landslide
You tend to do that every time
So everything I have is Yours now
Even my very life

So, this is what it feels like to live life
So, this is breathing air for the very first time
The Son of man, He came here to give life
And in return He's asking for mine
Well, I've Been captured by grace
I'm not going away
I'm Yours to take

Your kindness leads me to repentance
Leads me to the cross, which leads me to forgiveness
So I'm counting it all as lost

So, this is what it feels like to live life
So, this is breathing air for the very first time
The Son of man, He came here to give life
And in return He asking for mine

So, this is what it feels like to live life
So, this is breathing air for the very first time
The Son of man, He came here to give life
And in return He's asking for mine
I've been captured by grace
I'm not going away
I'm Yours to take

So, this is what it feels like to live life
I'm Yours to take
So, this is what it feels like to live life
I'm Yours to take
So, this is what it feels like to live life
I'm Yours to take
So, this is what it feels like to live life
I'm Yours to take