Take The Me Away

I love the fact that God allows us to worship and talk to Him so many different ways, because we're all so different. For me, the perfect combination is writing and music, both of which I am doing right now. If music is not your "worship strength," then you might not quite understand why I love to find a song that resonates with how my heart is feeling at the moment and then put it on repeat, listening to it over and over again singing the words in a personal prayer to God. It's times like that when I thank God for putting the pen in that person's hand to craft a song that perfectly aligns with my heart, and I thank Him for letting me find it. It's almost as if when I dont know the words, He already knows my heart well enough to just give them to me. What a cool thing.

This is a song that is resonating with my heart tonight. It's an amazing song with an amazing story behind it. If you've not gotten the "Journal Entry" CD from this year's Rick Pearson Memorial Concert, do yourself the favor of picking it up...its absolutely incredible, has an amazing story behind it, and it benefits a great cause. For the story, go to www.rickpearson.org or go to http://www.myspace.com/rickpearsonmemorial

Take The Me Away
Rick Pearson/Jonathan Shelton/Candi Pearson-Shelton

Oh God, God of my heart
how can I deny the ways you know me
God, God of my all
who am I to limit you by what I do with me
by holding on so carelessly
Lord, I release my hands
here I am

Lay me bare
strip my layers away
reveal the lifeless being I’ve become
Break my will
strip my layers away
until I am loose, free from myself
fill me with you
use what you can
Lord this is what I pray,
just take the me away

So now Great God it’s yours
ugly, abused and misused
refine me
restore me now
Great God, I’m yours

Lay me bare
strip my layers away
reveal the lifeless being I’ve become
and break my will,
strip my layers away
until I am loose, free from myself
fill me with you
use what you can
Lord this is what I pray,
just take the me away