This One Gives Me Chills

I heard this song for the first time tonight.  I absolutely love this song.  I was thinking about writing a poem or maybe even some type of song (though, I don’t write music) that tells my life as I see it now.

Well, I don’t have too.  Casting Crowns has done that for me.  I gotta tell ya, they did it perfectly too.  The emotion they have instilled in the song, the visualization of Jesus’ hands spread out from East to West, from one scared hand to the other, just gives me chills.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I have now that I’ve heard it about 10 times tonight. I’ve included the lyrics below the video.

Because of HIM

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Here I am, Lord, and I’m drowning in your sea of forgetfulness
The chains of yesterday surround me
I yearn for peace and rest
I don’t want to end up where You found me
And it echoes in my mind, keeps me awake tonight
I know You’ve cast my sin as far as the east is from the west
And I stand before You now as though I’ve never sinned
But today I feel like I’m just one mistake away from You leaving me this way

Jesus, can You show me just how far the east is from the west
‘Cause I can’t bear to see the man I’ve been come rising up in me again
In the arms of Your mercy I find rest
‘Cause You know just how far the east is from the west
From one scarred hand to the other

I start the day, the war begins, endless reminding of my sin
Time and time again Your truth is drowned out by the storm I’m in
Today I feel like I’m just one mistake away from You leaving me this way

I know You’ve washed me white, turned my darkness into light
I need Your peace to get me through, to get me through this night
I can’t live by what I feel, but by the truth Your word reveals
I‘m not holding on to You, but You’re holding on to me
You’re holding on to me

Jesus, You know just how far the east is from the west
I don’t have to see the man I’ve been come rising up in me again
In the arms of Your mercy I find rest
‘Cause You know just how far the east is from the west
From one scarred hand to the other
One scarred hand to the other
From one scarred hand to the other