Rising Up
{Written By, Candice Landis 03/31/2014}
Sometimes I Feel So Woefully Inadequate
As If I Were Placed Here By Accident
I Just Don't Feel That I'm Equipped
Especially When I Look Back At All The Times I've Slipped
In My Life I Have Done Much That Is Wrong
I Find My Children Sometimes Singing My Old Song
The One Where They Say They Won't Do The Things Their Parents Have Done
I Wonder If That Old Battle To Do Better Than Was Done By Us Will Ever Be Won
It Seems We Just Find Different Ways To Fail
Ways We Can't Even See Because We Wear A Dark Veil
Satan Surrounds Us In Darkness and We Follow Him Like Sheep
Drinking From Sinful Pools, So Thirsty For Pleasure We Drink Too Deep
We Drink Until We've Had More Than Our Fill
We Drink Until We Become Burdened And Ill
Wondering In Moments Of Clarity What We Were Thinking
Drowning In So Much Shame, Some Of Just Go Right Back To Sinful Drinking
There Does Come A Day Though When We Decide We've Had Enough
When We Realize That On Our Own We Just Cannot Rise Up
That Is When We Look Around And In The Distance We See A Flash Of light
Dimly Beckoning At First, But The Longer We Look It Grows More Bright
We Realize Then That Our Father Has Us In His Sight
He's Calling Us Home And Shining His Light
Then We Focus On His Light And Towards It Begin To Crawl
We Cry Out To Our Father, Answering His Call, Confessing It All
He Surrounds Us In His Unfailing Grace And Pours His Love Into Our Wounded Soul
He Lets Us Know How Much He Loves Us And How He Never Wanted Us To Go
He Gives Us Blessed Assurance That We Are Forgiven And The Slate Is Wiped Clean
He Promises To Provide Us With Our Every Need, If Only On Him Will We Lean
With His Guidance Once Again We Can Stand Tall, Washed Totally Clean
Nothing Left Of Old Hurts But Faded Scars, That Only Show If You Want Them To Be Seen
Scars That Are Badges Of Battles Our Father Helped Us To Overcome And Win
Battles That With His Help Lead Us To Choose A Godly Life, Filled With Love, Not Sin