hey everyone
i'd like to share a song with you. this past year at powerline church in nc we had an ash wednesday service. Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent which is a season of preparation before Easter. it is 40 days before Easter, not counting Sundays (so it's really 46 days before Easter). at the end of our worship, we read Psalm 103. now, i had read the psalm when i was planning the order and everything but when i read it in the liturgy, it was so incredible. ash wednesday is a time of reflecting on our need for grace. another psalm that is read is psalm 51 which is david's cry for forgiveness: create in me a clean heart o God, and renew a right spirit within me. we also read a prayer together that asks God to forgive our sins, individual and corporate. so when we get to the end of the service it has been a very solemn time of realizing how much we are in need of grace, and to be honest, being reminded of how much we don't deserve it. but when we got to Psalm 103 it was incredible. listen to verse 8-11:
the Lord is merciful and gracious
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love
He will not always accuse
nor will He keep his anger forever
He does not deal with us according to our sins
nor repay us according to our iniquitie
for as the heavens are high above the earth
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear Him (nrsv)
it was an awesome time of worship. so the next day, i was inspired to write a song based on verses 1-5.
bless the Lord, o my soul
and all that is within me bless His holy name
bless the Lord, o my soul
and do not forget all His benefits
who forgives all your iniquity
who heals all your diseases
who redeems your life form the pit
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy
who satisfies you with good as long as you liv
so that your youth is renewed like th eagle's (nrsv)
i loved the "who" language. the who is not a question but an attempt by the psalmist to help the reader remember what he's done. "He's the God who forgives all your iniquity, the one who..." i thought it was very unique.
so here's my song lyrics and video of our band playing it.
Forever Song
Jonathan Sprang and Larry Rogers
VERSE
who forgives all our sin
who cleans the stain within
who takes the sting of death
and makes me live again
who loves without end
who calls me His friend
who satisfies my soul
as long as i live
as long as i live
CHORUS
bless the Lord
my soul's forever song
Loving One
i know my only hope is God's own Son
Loving One
Loving One
BRIDGE
before there was time
there lived a Loving One
and at the end of time
we'll see the Loving One
if you'd like chord charts for the song you can leave a comment and i'll get them to you.
blessings
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3 comments:
Great song, J. Thanks for sharing it! I have to say I haven't shared any original songs on our church yet. Just waiting for the right time, I suppose. I noticed you were playing high in the neck on your acoustic. What were you doing? Just curious.
Sorry, I was signed in under my wife's account. But Meghann thinks its a great song too.
thanks so much megh....er...brad
yeah, i was just playing an E chord up on the neck at the 7th fret, and leaving the bottom and top 2 strings open to give that cool ringing effect and then i was alternating on the G string with the fret before it. the tab would look like this:
o o
o o
8 9
9 9
7 7
o o
and then for every chord i just move 1 finger (for the most part)
B A C#m7 Cmaj7
o o o o
o o o o
9 9 9 9
9 9 9 9
x o x x
7 x 9 8
i'll e-mail the chart and just use these chord formations to get the same sound
btw are you going to the men's retreat? i'm leading worship there so maybe we can hang out.
peace bro
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