You were near
Though I was distant
Disillusioned, I was lost and insecure
Still mercy fought
For my attention
You were waiting at the door
Then I let You in
Trading your life
For my offenses
For my redemption, You carried all the blame
Breaking the curse
Of our condition
Perfection took our place
When only love could make a way
You gave Your life in a beautiful exchange
My burden erased
My life forgiven
There is nothing that could take this love away
My only desire
And sole ambition
Is to love You just the same
When only love could make a way
You gave Your life in a beautiful exchange
When only love could break these chains
You gave Your life in a beautiful exchange
Holy are You, God
Holy is Your name
With everything I've got
My heart will sing how I love You
So they sing this song pretty often at Lifestream (College service at Journey) and it always gives me goosebumps, and last night they played it again. I can't help but always just belt it out and praise Him whenever I hear it. Plus our worship team totally kills it, man it's awesome. The drummer at the end, I just close my eyes and love to listen!
So I attached this video of Hillsong United, it's their song, but I almost don't want to put the video up because I'm not a fan of the woman singer…her voice is too smooth for my liking, and she doesn't kill it like Abby does at Lifestream. So if you watch the video, just imagine a girl singer 10x better 🙂 (I'm watching it right now, and really sad that this girl doesn't do it justice, I'm contemplating whether or not to put the video up again… ugh, okay I will.)
If you can't listen to the whole song jump to 2:05 (would be so much better if it wasn't her, just saying) and then jump to 5:30ish (give it 30 seconds to get to the good stuff).
mmm-that's some good stuff!
