January 13, 2012

• Lord, I Offer My Life to You

  I was remembering this song last night.  The Bible tells us to”sing a new song”, but sometimes, there is something so profound about singing an old one.  The feelings and emotions, the struggle, the heart-wrenching surrender…all of the prayers that are linked with the song rise to the surface as I sing this song again with new thoughts and feelings becoming intertwined with all the old…and offer my whole life to him again.  Regrets… oh Lord, why would you want them?  Pain… can you really heal them?  Things in the past, things yet unseen…  will you take it all and redeem it?  I give you the best and the worst of me. 

  Here’s the song as I remember it.

  Lord I Offer my Life to You

  All that I am, all that I have
  I lay them down before you, oh Lord
  All my regrets, all my acclaims
  The pain and the joy, I’m making them yours

  (Chorus)
  Lord, I offer my life to you
  Everything I’ve been through
  Use it for your glory
  Lord I offer my days to you
  Lifting my praise to you
  As a pleasing sacrifice
  Lord, I offer you my life

  Things in the past, things yet unseen
  Wishes and dreams that are yet to come true
  All of my hopes, all of my plans
  My heart and my hands are lifted to you

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