After three days You rose up from the grave
And even now I hear the power of Your name
Echoing through generations, undoing all my expectations
Of the God I thought You should be

You are gentle and You and kind
But You are powerful and You are mighty
You are love, a love stringer than death
And all of heaven knew when You drew Your first breath

Because of You the weight of shame is no longer around my neck
I’m lifting my head, thankful for that day of victory, the day You overcame every fear inside of me
The day You introduced me to the real me, singing over me that I am forgiven and I am free

So I will not go back to the grave of that imposter who called my a new name
And I will remember that You are Emmanuel, God with me, not once have You left me

That You gave Your most precious thing to have me
That You didn’t doubt for a second if I was worth it
The anguish and the torment, no I will not forget
Because You are still resurrecting the dead in me
I am walking out of this tomb into who I was always was meant to be
Shaking these grave clothes off of me
Letting these feet sink deep into undeserved mercy

I’ve been contending for perfection in search for redemption
In the fight for man made restoration
I disregarded Your perfect love waiting on my doorstep
The only thing I need, the only thing capable of blowing down the walls of my loudest insecurities
The only thing that can break away the dead leaves of the person I thought I should be

Even now
And when I struggle to hear Your voice
When my failures feel louder than my success
Still You accept me in this mess
In the winter, in grief, I know still You won’t leave
And I’m walking into this open space that You bought for me
And I let You welcome the springtime within me

So I will rise too, let go of the old
Dance like a child and make my way home