Belong.

I know I post a lot of song lyrics, but there is something wonderful about music that really moves me. It's always been a very big part of my life (even though I can't play an instrument or carry a tune!) This song's imagery is so raw and so truly real. I first heard it shortly after my grandma died. Then I heard it again during another very low point in my life, and it really helped bring me out of the pit. Chris Rice is a very gifted singer and songwriter and God really shines through him in these talents.

Belong
by Chris Rice

Fading memories ignored
I crawl across the forest floor
Pool reflects an orphan child
Dirty, lost, alone and wild
Fatherless and nameless still
Fallen heart and broken, will
there ever be a place where I belong

I cower ‘neath the monster trees
And try to stand on tired feet
But gravity knocks me to the ground
Where I give up, and tears roll down
I claw the dust and beg the end
Curse the day that I began
to hope there’d be a place where I belong

I hear a sound I recognize
You lift my chin and seek my eyes
Song of love You sing to me
I ache to sing it back to Thee
Father Love prepares a place
Brother Jesus leads the way
Follow to the place where you belong!

How did I miss this wondrous song?
The forest sang it all along
River rinses all your shame
Father offers you His name
Father Love prepares a home
Brother Jesus leads you on
Follow to the place where you belong!

Father Love prepares a place
Brother Jesus leads the way
Follow to the place where you belong
Follow to the place where you belong!

Here's a link to the amazing Chris Rice singing it himself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcx_LIgDiJ4&feature=PlayList&p=D9D1E6BD7562D93D&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=21