My Hope is Found in You ~ You Will Never Let Me Go

I'm not sure if anyone noticed, but I did add a song to my blog earlier last week (aren't you proud of me?!?). Currently, it's my favorite song and it means a lot to me. It's called "Clinging to the Cross" and the version I have is sung by Bethany Dillon & Matt Hammitt, but I believe Tim Hughes and Martin Smith wrote it. I'm not going to lie - the first time I heard it, I just broke down in tears. Yes, I know, it doesn't take much to reduce me into a sobbing heap. This song just means so much to me. I'll let you read the lyrics for yourself:

My soul is weak

My heart is numb

I cannot see

But still my hope is found in You

I'll hold on tightly

You will never let me go

For Jesus, You will never fail

Jesus, You will never fail

Simply to the cross I cling

Letting go of all earthly things

Clinging to the cross

Mercy's found a way for me

Hope is here as I am free

Jesus, You are all I need

Clinging to the cross

Even darkness is as light to You, my Lord

So light the way and lead me home

To that place where every tear is wiped away

For Jesus, You will never fail

Jesus, You will never fail

Simply to the cross I cling

Letting go of all earthly things

Clinging to the cross

Mercy's found a way for me

Hope is here as I am free

Jesus, You are all I need

Clinging to the cross

What a Saviour,

What a story

You were crucified

But now You are alive

So amazing,

Such a mystery

You were crucified

But now You are alive

Simply to the cross I cling

Letting go of all earthly things

Clinging to the cross

Mercy's found a way for me

Hope is here as I am free

Jesus, You are all I need

Clinging to the cross

Isn't that just amazingly breathtaking? I have no words to even describe it. Too often, I forget to even consider what Christ has done for me. I wonder if I will ever stop taking it for granted. God is working in my life every day - even when I can't feel Him or see Him. When I feel like He isn't there and/or couldn't possibly care about what is happening in my life. We need to cling to the Cross - cling to Him.

This song came to me at a time when I was beaten down, bruised, and completely and utterly burnt out - with nowhere to turn and (seemingly) no one to understand. But, this song reminded me that there is hope, there is mercy, and most importantly, there is redemption. The things on this earth are nothing compared to what Christ did on that Cross and who I am in Him. I do such a horrible job of remembering this.

Anyway, I hope this song means something to someone the way it means so much to me. I'll leave you with these verses:

We know that our old self was crucified with Him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

For one who has died has been set free from sin.

Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.

We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.

For the death He died He died to sin, once for all, but the life He lives He lives to God.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

~*~ Romans 6:6-11 (ESV) ~*~