k....finished recording the song on my little mp3 player and garage band. i'll shamefully admit i recorded it a bunch of times. i was addicted to trying to get it right though the equipment i'm using is crappy. dlu also sang the song; his version may come out later. oh yes, i took out the second bridge, which i guess makes the first bridge a coda? beats me...all terminology at this point. here is the link to two versions...
version 1: (recorded with mp3 player
hmm....feel free to comment. be gracious though...i'm still finding my voice (literally), but it's been a fun undertaking.
here are the summarized lyrics.
------stanza 1----------
Capo 2
D2 - A2 - B - A2
i come to the cross
wretched, blind, and lost
claim what was bought...for me
the risen son
awakens my soul
tells me come....to Him
------stanza 2----------
i come to the cross
remembering the cost
my savior died....for me..
the risen son
shouts of victory won
i will go...to Him
--chorus-------
D2 - E - F#m - D
i find my life
complete in you
forever found
forever new
my heart's open wide
my soul set free
to live for truth
to live for you
--coda? -------
D2 - E - F#m - D
my Jesus, my Savior
the tears, they fall
you died on that tree
all the wrongs you took for me
my Jesus, my Lord
I fall on my knees
you rose from the grave
despair is gone away
perhaps it is in our failures where we truly find the meaning of success. it teaches us to accept our own shortcomings, that not everything in life can be earned, and consequently and more importantly, it teaches us to receive...to accept help. it dissolves the pride from saying, "i can do" to saying, "i need help...thank you." it rearranges our perspective, that when we walk by a homeless person or beggar, it produces an acute awareness, a reflection of our own nature, that when we remove all the "successes" in our lives - our wealth, family, and education - we are no different than the person begging on the street. and maybe, just maybe, the beggar understands something far better than we do...he knows how to ask for help, to receive help, and to offer nothing in return. can you imagine it? to offer nothing in return, and to shamefully beg, plead, and cry out for help. it is truly humbling. yet at the core, that is what we all are, beggars: bankrupt, broken, and helpless. it speaks of the uneasiness within us, the intense loneliness and deep longing for something more...successes don't flesh that out, only failures do.
this is the beauty of the gospel!...when we come to recognize our inability to earn our ways to eternity, we come to a place of truly seeing our own falleness - we are beggars. we can only look up, to beg so to speak, and hope that somebody can help us...save us. and then amazingly, we behold God's hand stretched to us, His son, and gaze at the majestic King who descended into our lives. being a beggar, a failure, allows us to receive, to accept Christ's work, His successes as our own. it is not found in our own efforts, but completely provided by Him, on our behalf, and we can offer nothing in return. nothing! His life for ours. it gets better, God not only loves beggars, but also turns beggars into His children...children of the King - royalty. "i'm am undeserving! how can it be?" let me say it straight up, "you are undeserving! we all our undeserving! God's goodness, His grace and mercy, is how it can be." but be it far worst is not knowing how to receive this, to accept this as true - to believe that we are beggars, Christ gave His life for us, and we are our His children...and yes, that we can offer nothing in return! man, when we begin to swallow this, to digest it, than we truly begin to see success redefined. (hmm...if you have something stuck in your throat, swallow it. =P..and receive the gift that will never grow old)
gear
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Revelation 3:17-18
17You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. 18I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.
John 3:14-17
14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. 16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[f] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Ephesians 2:4-8
8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast.
1 John 3:1
1How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!
some guys thrive under pressure. not me. i find that i always do better
when i'm relaxed. when taking exams, i dislike talking to ppl before or
after, because it just gets me all jittery, and then i feel this looming
pressure to compete, lest be considered less than average...failing. for
me, the thought of failing really obstructs the natural flow to do my
best. it pertains to everything in my life though, in sports, even in
relationships.
but i'm glad the gospel doesn't take a worldly approach to salvation, of
having to perform to get in. it simply speaks of faith, that God loves
me...that He wants me to trust Him w/my life because of a life He gave
for me. talking about relaxed. now i don't have to compete, i can
allow the natural flow of love to be expressed in me, that speaks of
divine intervention and amazing grace. gosh, if i could only live all
of life like that. at least, i'm growing toward that...as salvation not
only satisfies the burning question and desire for eternity, but also,
affects all other areas of my life in this present age...
gear