"For All That You Have Done"

Just before Christmas break, I listened all the way through Rend Collective Experiment's latest album, Campfire Christmas.  As much as I enjoyed the folk-infused Christmas carols, it was the last track that caught my attention.  I recognized the tune as "Auld Lang Syne," but I was captured by Rend Collective's new lyrics.

Your grace will never be forgot
Your mercy all my life
Will be my source forever song
My story and my light

From mountain top to valley low
Through laughter and through tears
Surely the goodness of my God
Will follow all the years

You know our failures and regrets
You've always led us home
Redemption's arm has raised us up 
Our triumph in the storm

In unity we'll stand as one
As family we'll go
Shoulder to shoulder, hand in hand
Into the great unknown

For all that You have done for us
For every battle won
We'll raise a song to bless Your heart
For all that You have done

As I've listened to this song on repeat over the last few weeks, it has quickly become my self-proclaimed "song for the year."  These words are a heartfelt offering of thanks to God "for all that He has done" in the past, a reminder of His work in the world in this very moment, and a declaration of my trust in Him for the future.

I shared this song with the middle schoolers at chapel on Friday, and I'm hopeful that it will remind us of truth as it comes to mind.  God is good, and I will continue to raise a song to testify to His faithfulness!

(I'm hiding behind the piano in the picture above!

I loved getting to lead chapel worship with some of my friends this week!)