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You took away my voice

So I could hear You speak

Took away my ears

So my heart could hear, and know, Your voice

You took away my security

So I could find comfort in You alone

And my pride

So I could find my worth in You alone

You took away my direction

So that I would find myself in You

Took away the broad pathway

So I could see that every road leads back to You

You took away myself

And gave me You

Do We Ever Really Know

Sometimes I wonder

Do we ever really know?

How often does the clock chime

A note that's out of tune?

How often are the stars seen

From the dark side of the moon?

How often does God make a mistake

Breaking the already broken

To make something whole?

To rescue something lost

Only to lose the hopeless in soul?

Sometimes I wonder

Do we ever really know?

And this is love

To die that we might live

We live so that we may die

And He might more fully live...

Thoughts come too swiftly 

and understanding far too slow

And sometimes I must wonder

Do we ever really know??

What makes the dawn come up like thunder

Redemption fall like gentle snow?

What makes grace embrace the shame

In places we would not ordinarily go?

A grief too terrible to mention

Tears that never fully show