Back in May we had team changes and I had to say good-bye to my first team: Team Valor. I wanted to post this blog a long time ago, but I wanted to make sure what I said and shared was just right. I still am not completely done (hence why this is part 1!), but here is the first part of my tribute to team Valor!
Back in Peru, we had a worship night were we wrote our own psalms of praise to God. We shared some of them with each other that night and everyone wrote such beautiful words. Everything everyone wrote seemed divinely inspired, and I could hear a song of the Lord in all of their words. I had asked everyone’s permission to use the psalms they wrote to write a team song, and they said yes. However, what they wrote was too good, and I couldn’t fit it all in one song, so I wrote 2! The words in both of these songs were written by Kelly Fahnestock, Kristen Haley, Sarah Zlibut, Whitney Munro, Courtney Shackle, Anna Casserino, Lynna Rollow, and Madison Thompson. I simply put melodies to the inspiring words these lovely ladies had already written as a tribute to the unity within our team. During our 4 months together, we all grew so much in intimacy with the Lord. We all came on this trip to grow in our relationships with the Lord and we truly lived that out. We also we committed to each and every ministry we were a part of and made the people we were serving a priority. We served each other well and encouraged each other to look more and more like Christ everyday, and I am so grateful for the growth I got to experience in this team. This is the first Valor song called “Simple Faith”, and it talks about how even when we don’t feel good enough, God loves us no matter what, we just have to live out our faith and not let the doubts keep us from getting closer to God.
Lyrics:
Even when I fail, you still love me, you’re still holding me
Even when I fear you reassure me that you’re still with me
And even when I disobey you’re still cheering for me
And even when I don’t understand you still chose me
Even though I don’t feel worthy you’re still chasing after me
Your love is so amazing that you gave your life to set me free
God you be lifted higher with every breath I take
Your ways are so much better than any step I’d make
Lord help me live with simple faith and trust in you
Even when I doubt, you are faithful, you’re still working in me
Even though I’m weak and the mountain seems to steep you still strengthen me
Even though I walk in sin, you wait for me to come home
And even when I don’t know you’re there, you wrap me in your love
Even though I don’t feel worthy you’re still chasing after me
Your love is so amazing that you gave your life to set me free
God you be lifted higher with every breath I take
Your ways are so much better than any step I’d make
Lord help me live with simple faith and trust in you
You are the peace in my storm
Like a calm only you can form
You take away all sin and shame
We will glorify Your name (2x)
Even though I don’t feel worthy you’re still chasing after me
Your love is so amazing that you gave your life to set me free
God you be lifted higher with every breath I take
Your ways are so much better than any step I’d make
Lord help me live with simple faith and trust in you
