overwhelmed

When this song was sung during the rehearsals for the Cantata, I cried. I didn't actually know why. Again, typical me. I do some things but I don't actually know why. But perhaps, the song was just so sad that it brought out the sadness within me which I have kept for a long time. This sadness, though, is not something that is just melancholic. It's the sadness of a longing. There's a longing for strength because one is weak. There's a longing for someone to hold onto since one is frightened. There's a longing for grace since one feels unworthy. And slowly, one feels the longing filled by everything one has ever hoped and prayed for, and one can only be thankful, speechless...

Breath of Heaven
by Amy Grant

I am waiting in a silent prayer.
I am frightened by the load i bear.
In a world as cold as stone,
Must i walk this path alone?
Be with me now.
Be with me now.

Breath of heaven,
Hold me together,
Be forever near me,
Breath of heaven.
Breath of heaven,
Lighten my darkness,
Pour over me your holiness,
For you are holy.
Breath of heaven.

Do you wonder as you watch my face,
If a wiser one should have had my place,
But i offer all i am
For the mercy of your plan.
Help me be strong.
Help me be.
Help me.

Breath of heaven,
Hold me together,
Be forever near me,
Breath of heaven.
Breath of heaven,
Lighten my darkness,
Pour over me your holiness,
For you are holy.


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