gasping

[when my life seems to have come to a shuddering halt, the Lord tends to my heart in the craziest ways - sometimes a kayak, or a hair-raising rappel down a mountain face... many times He uses music. this song brings me back from the brink of desperation and despair. sound dramatic? maybe. but from this end, the stagnation is real, and ugly. i find myself gasping for Air, and Life, and Love.]


oh heart of mine
why must you stray?
from One so fair
you run away
and one more time
you have to pay
the heaviness of needless shame

oh heart of mine
come back home
you've been too long
out on your own
and He's been there all along
watching for you down the road

so come home running
His arms are open wide
His name is Jesus
He understands
He is the answer
you are looking for
so come home running
just as you are

oh child of God
so dearly loved
and ransomed by
the Savior's blood
and called by name
daughter and son
wrapped in the robe of righteousness

--come home running by chris tomlin