I Need You by The Swift

Every once in awhile I find a song that I cannot hear enough. As I lay in bed on Friday morning, one such song floated into my ears.

I had no idea who sang it. I doubted that it was anything new. I wasn't sure how I was going to find it. But thanks to Google and You Tube, I did...and I've listened to it on my phone and my computer over and over again since.

This is a modern-day Psalm that resonates with me in a way that most Christian contemporary songs don't. I understand a bed soaked with sadness that has no end. I understand falling in a downward spiral of despair, crying out for help. I also understand being lifted by a strength that is not my own and held by a grace that is more than I can comprehend.

Yes, Lord...I DO love you.

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My heart is restless in me
My wings are all worn out
I'm walking in the wilderness
And I cannot get out
I need You, Oh, I need You
Blessed Savior come
I need You, Oh, I need You
Fill the every longing in my sould

Oh, how I need You, Lord
I need Your perfect Word
With tearful eyes to see
The sin that I afford
I need to weep and pray
For all the thousand ways
That I have failed You just today

My bed is soaked with sadness
My sadness has no end
A downward spiral of despair
That I keep falling in
I need You, Oh, I need You
To You my soul shall fly
I need You, Oh, I need You
Yaweh, how I love You more than life

Your silence is like death to me
So won't You hear my desperate plea

Today my soul is soaring
Way over mountains high
Though I can see the valleys
They're all just passing by
It's not that I am stronger
Look at my feeble wings
But I've been lifted higher
Yaweh's lifted me in His own strength

Oh, how I love You, Lord
I love Your perfect Word
With tearful eyes to see
The God who always will endure
Now I will celebrate
For all the thousand ways
That You have shown me grace
And made my heart in grace to stay
You've made my heart in grace to stay
Lord, make my heart in grace to stay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNvZ4d5vqqo