His words
are a honeycomb
sweet and healing
to my bones
better is wisdom
better than gold
oh I will wear it
as I get old
mm dooh ooh
whatever I do
if I don’t want to fall through
I commit it to you
You say come to me
my little one
be covered over
oh over by love
So we lose innocence
you are the one
Who weighs out our motives
before we’ve begun
yeah-eah
ooh
where ever I go
though I may plan it
You carry me through
and ooh
You carry me through
Our mountain is on fire. Don't you breathe the heavy smoke?
The earth, it has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.
Oh we often wander beneath the barren trees...
Do you ever stop and wonder why roots sink so deep?
This body is temporary, oh and quite the sanctuary...
If we all could just raise up our hands, we'd be that much closer to the Son.
There's a time to be born and a time to die.
There's a time to be laughing, but take time to cry.
There's times to embrace, and times to let go.
There's times to collect and scatter stones.
"Come follow Me"
That's all it should be.
Come follow Me, and you will see.
There's a time to uproot, and a time to sow.
There's times that we keep, and times that we throw.
"Come follow Me"
That's all it should be...
Come follow Me, and you will see.
There's a time to be silent, and times that we speak.
There's time for a war and surely time for peace.
Like this old spool of thread
I've been unraveling, unraveling.
You say, "I don't know where you've been."
I've been traveling, oh traveling.
I wanted to keep it together
For you and I, you and I
But the truth is I was dying
I was dying, inside.
How can you love me?
If you don't know who I am?
And how can you come with me?
With no desire to bend, to bend
I flew across the sea
It was the end of me, the end of me.
Read some pages, You had given me.
From the beginning, it was beginning.
I wondered...
How could I love You?
If I don't know who You are?
And how can I follow You
With no desire, no desire...
For You, oh for You
So, I kept right on, reading along
Your words, they made my hunger strong,
My hunger strong,
MY HUNGER STRONG
How could you love me?
When You know just who I am
Can I come with you?
Cuz You I desire, You I desire
I know You've loved me
All of my life
Now I will follow You
Its You I desire, Your will I desire
The sun rises and falls
What did we do with it all
oh the harvest came with a fall
and it’s plentiful
what does it take to be moved
to have compassion for the multitudes
oh what does it take to be moved
the laborers are few
No silver or gold
will pass through the end of the road
so go my son therefore
into all the world
ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
like the blind man who sees
we learn to love our enemies
if you say walk with me please
I’ll go twice as far
because no silver or gold
will pass through the end of the road
so go my son therefore
into all the world
into all the world
oh narrow is the gate
and difficult the way
is it you who sees my face
I light the way
I light the way
no silver or gold
will pass through the end of the road
so go into all the world
I light the way
I light the way
the sun rises and falls
what did we do with it all?
I’ve been shot down by my own mind
and I’ve been let down by my own kind
I’ve been broken and bruised sold and used
and I’ve been the bearer of some, bad news
I’ve caught up in the ways of the sway
there’s a thief in the night that steals us away
I was consumed by my own fears
and I wasted so many years
Don’t need a Savior
don’t need way out
don’t need a crutch
don’t need much
lift yourself up just to fall down
watch ya fall down
you don’t need no shelter when the rain comes down
when the rain comes down
There is a Way, Truth, Life and it’s so nice
Got no worries for tomorrow cuz it’s all right
the lillies of the field the birds of the air
got no baggage cuz it’s all taken care of
how long are we gonna believe the lies
how long til we open up our eyes
how long will we be fooled by disguise
how long are we gonna believe the lies...
how long...
how long...
We were made for the valley, but still the sun rises, still the earth moves...
Still our God proves, we are not alone.
We've been to the mountaintop, found inspiration, felt exaltation, and still there's proof,
We are not our own.
You humble me.
You let me breathe.
Lord, humble me, and let me see Your way.
What goes up must come down, is thrown around... we all fall down.
The lost must be found.
Little Room
Take me to my little room.
Take me there to praise You.
Take me to my little room to praise You.
Take me to my secret place,
Oh on top of a mountain face.
Take me, oh take me there to know You more.
You know what I seek.
You know what I need.
I pray with my spirit Lord,
I pray with my mind.
I sing with my spirit Lord,
I sing with my mind.
And I surrender all of me. I surrender it all.
It's all from You, and it's all for You.
You made the sun shine, made the moon bright through the night
You came, made these blind eyes open wide and see the light
You turned all my sufferings into blessings right on time
When I was so much younger, so much younger than today
I made paper airplanes, but You, oh You,
You gave the hummingbirds their crazy wings!
This is the song that I sing, the words that You bring
They fill up my heart and I just wanna share, I don't know where to start!
This is the song that I sing, the words that You bring
Oh I don't need a thing but You, Lord!
Hallelujah
Hold me, Holy Fire. All my desire is You.
Hold me, Fear of Isaac. May I wrestle not with You.
JC: We were once so close, yeah I was so right, every single day, every night. We'd speak it was cool, it was clear now its like:
Every night I'm all alone and I'm just trying to find the light but I reach for the switch where is it? Can't see it and I'm trippin', God where is it?
So I'm waiting for the day when things change, when I can abstain from little things that are holding me back now, trying to be the man not beaten, bound to the brow.
Trying to be a light, but I don't know my own might, don't know my own strength, don't know who I am but I keep on searching for the Light, can You help me stand? See who I am.
Know me, Precious Savior, from the depths of my own heart.
Know me, Oh my King, Know me... Know everything.
JC: Talk to me slowly, talk to me right. Talk to me tomorrow, yeah talk to me tonight, any time waiting for You, I'm listening. Waiting for the day, tired of kicking against the pricks again yeah, right here like Paul waiting for the scales to fall off my eyes so I can see the resolve I've been waiting for - a resolution. Every single day looking for that revolution. But, it never comes, turning just ain't easy. Every day repenting, it just proceeds me cuz I'm just trying to believe in You, but it ain't as easy when I can't see You. I know, they say You're the Truth, Way, Life. They say You're the risen Christ. They say that You take it away but the sin that keeps on keeping me down every day... tryin' to break free.
Hallelujah
JC: God would you help me to be, man I'm trying to be trying to be the man that's always giving and living peace, but I'm not that dude yet. Maybe some day, maybe some day the mold will set. You say that if I could be the clay for You, I'd be soft, mold-able but I don't see it. I'm not there, but I wanna be so if You'll help me, God... These struggles inside of me gotta come to an end. Waiting for You to come to me, my Friend, my Love, my Soul, my Hope, my Tomorrow. But no, I'm here waiting for You to come through, crystal clear. When will You? I don't know but I'm gonna wait, gonna wait for Your call, God grow in me a seed. Waiting for You to come down, bring me peace.
Where do you want me?
Where ever it is, I will go.
Lord, are you teaching me patience?
Oh if that's what it is, I'll take it.
Oh when I gave up, my whole self.
Asked You to take all control
That's when I felt "in the moment"
Oh yeah, You grabbed me by my soul.
And now i'm rooted, ground up in love.
Your poetry, oh it speaks to me through Your blood.
Oh, the width, the length, the height, and the depth... How it fills me up!
Oh what a radical change they see
See in me
But they have no idea...
I've never been so in love.
I was once like a wave of the sea, wavering, blown and tossed about by the wind.
But You said, "Blessed is the man who perseveres, for he will receive the crown of life."
So I'll consider it pure, pure joy. I'll consider it pure, pure joy.
Faith without deeds is dead. Me without You is wretched.
Oh I've seen, I've seen, I've seen how I deceive myself.
Don't want to be a wildflower, withered by some scorching heat.
It's only through You, Jesus that my beauty cannot be destroyed.
This world is not for me, want You to draw near to me and make my faith complete.
May Your mercy pour on me, oh let me do Your deeds, Oh Lord make my faith complete.
Only through You...
Make me complete
Only through You...
My Sweet
Only through You...
Jesus my King!
So I'll consider it pure, pure joy. I'll consider it pure, pure joy!
All I have are some old wooden boards
and a ladder to my heart
there might be a step or two missing
but I know you’ll be good with your hands
I know you can
There is a tin can in my right hand
and its a good good way to start
cuz you can ask my daddy
if you can come and help me
build on my dreamland...
My treehouse
Cuz I wanna build this thing
ten feet off the ground
and I wanna know without
a shadow of a doubt
that our foundation stands on nothing less
and our roots run deeper still
ooh, ooh, ooh...
I hear Him say to me, silently
wait for the perfect melody
but in the meantime on your own time
you’ll be writing songs to Me
and our roots run deeper still
and our roots run deeper still
Look at me, and see my King
Waiting, for His call
But it's nothing like waiting at all
I'm walking, and talking, and learning to be
Rescued, Forgiven, Saved from this Stagnancy
I'm seeking, and finding, changing, reviving
I'm reaching, confiding, offering an olive branch
I'm waiting for my King to come, ohh come take me home
Gracia Rae [grey-shuh-ray] - singer/songwriter/composer originally from the Great Plains of North Dakota, wandered up to the Bridger Mountain Range to find her unique sound. Her musical styling embraces elements of folk, pop, electronica and jazz, but is by no means limited to any one genre.
Gracia began her musical career by way of the Suzuki Method at age three, where classical piano music became the soundtrack to her dreams. Eventually the countless hours of piano practicing led to the desire to play a handful of other instruments. It also led to the pursuit of a Music Technology degree from Montana State University and an interest in composing for documentaries and film.
After rebellious high school and college experiences, Gracia Rae finally came back to her roots. She realized what this gift of music was intended for: sharing the truth of agape love, real worship, and building relationships.
Her first official album, "rooted, grounded.", will be available Fall 2012. Any and all proceeds for this project will go to Vision Beyond Borders, a ministry that supplies closed countries with native-language Bibles, clothing, medicine, etc. Through her music ministry, Gracia Rae longs to share her story, encourage others in the Word, and join the effort to expand the horizon of contemporary Christian music and media.
From one vessel to another, I feel that I am called to share this music freely with whomever has ears to hear. It is not my own to sell. I have been SO blessed by countless gifts from my brothers and sisters in Christ in the beginnings of this music ministry that I just want to continue the chain of love. If you are wanting to pre-order a CD, just send me a note through the contact section of my site. If it is on your heart to donate to this music ministry, we would be forever grateful. It is our prayer to continue to offer all music and media free of charge in future endeavors.
Any and all proceeds from the CD, "rooted grounded." will help supply Bibles to pastors and fellow believers in closed countries who are hungry for the precious Word of God. Many of us have multiple Bibles sitting on our shelves, worn only by age and dust. But these believers have only a few pages that they memorize and pass along to one another. They live it, they breathe it, they thirst for it. Do we?
The message I want to leave you with is one of encouragement. God is so REAL. He longs for you to accept His amazing, incomprehensible love. He longs for you. Don't get too comfortable... God calls us to be radical and alive for Him, to edify and evangelize. Don't just believe in Him -- believe Him, get to know Him through the words He's given us, and let Him take control because it is the most liberating experience you can ever know.
In love,
g