Are you spending each day filled with grace? Today, Saturday, the final day of the week, I've selected three songs of praise overflowing with gratitude as I reflect on the week. I hope you too will receive grace and find them useful as part of your worship continuity.
1. Grace by Son Kyung-min (feat. Ji-seon, Lee Yoon-hwa, Hani, Kang Chan, Ibig Band)
The first song we'll be receiving grace from is "Grace" by Son Kyung-min. It's a song that confesses that every moment, every moment, and everything we have is not something we take for granted, but rather a gift from God.
It may seem so obvious, but we often forget this truth. I'm one of those people. Everything we live for is a gift. Amen!
All the things I have enjoyed
Everything that I have gone through in this life
All the time I've been through
Every waking hour I've spent until this time
Every moment I've walked
Every moment I have walked on this long road
It wasn't a given, it was a blessing.
I could never take for granted the Lord's grace
The morning sun rises and the evening sunset
As the morning sun shines, in the evening fades
The scent of spring flowers and autumn fruits
Scent of flowers in the spring and fall's harvest
Every moment of the changing seasons
Every moment of the changing seasons say
It wasn't a given, it was a blessing.
I could never take for granted the Lord's grace
All is grace grace grace
Everything was your grace, your grace, your grace
boundless grace
Never ending Grace
There was nothing I took for granted in my life.
I can not ever take for granted Lord all that's in my life
Everything was grace, grace
Everything was your grace, simply your grace
I was born and live on this earth
Being born in this wide world and given life
From childhood to now
From my childhood years until the present time
A life of breathing, living, and dreaming
Simply breathing, living, dreaming all my life
It wasn't a given, it was a blessing.
I could never take for granted the Lord's grace
I live as a child of God
Living as a child of God what can I say
A life of praise and worship today
Worshiping You Jesus, praise You all my days
The blessing of being able to spread the gospel
Blessed to share the good news of our Jesus Christ
(Truly blessed to share the good news to all men)
It wasn't a given, it was a blessing.
I could never take for granted the Lord's grace
All is grace grace grace
Everything was your grace, your grace, your grace
boundless grace
Never ending Grace
There was nothing I took for granted in my life.
I can not ever take for granted Lord all that's in my life
Everything was grace, grace
Everything was your grace, simply your grace
2. I have no offerings that others have (Choi Deok-sin)
I remember shedding many tears while listening to this hymn. I remember praying, thanking God for giving me what others don't have, even though I'm not as good, smarter, or richer than others. I hope you too will find grace in this hymn.
I have no wealth
I don't have the knowledge that others have
I don't have the health that others have.
I have something that no one else has.
I have no wealth
I don't have the knowledge that others have
I don't have the health that others have.
I have something that no one else has.
I saw what others couldn't see
I heard a voice that no one else could hear
I received love that others did not receive
I realized something others don't know.
God is fair
I don't have what others have, but
God is fair
You gave me what no one else has.
I have no wealth
I don't have the knowledge that others have
I don't have the health that others have.
I have something that no one else has.
I have no wealth
I don't have the knowledge that others have
I don't have the health that others have.
I have something that no one else has.
I saw what others couldn't see
I heard a voice that no one else could hear
I received love that others did not receive
I realized something others don't know.
God is fair
I don't have what others have, but
God is fair
You gave me what no one else has.
(Consideration)
God is fair
I don't have what others have, but
God is fair
You gave me what no one else has.
God is fair
I don't have what others have, but
God is fair
You gave me what no one else has.
You gave me what no one else has.
3. Wish by Han Woong-jae
This is the hymn that first introduced me to Pastor Han Woong-jae. I can't express how perfectly the melody, lyrics, and the pastor's beautiful voice blend together to create such a profound resonance.
I want to share with you this song, "Souwon," which made me realize that the voice produces a more beautiful sound than any other instrument.
I want to know your heart even in the little things in life
I want to go that road, that narrow road
Knowing my smallness and knowing His greatness
I hope to go down that deep path
Rather than becoming that tall mountain
May this be a pleasant hill to climb
Rather than just illuminating my own path
If you light someone's path
I want to live as I sing and as I speak
I want to die like that
Even a single section of life
I want to be like him
Love wants to go that high road
Rather than becoming that tall mountain
May this be a pleasant hill to climb
Rather than just illuminating my own path
If you light someone's path
As I sing
And live like I said
I want to die like that
I want to be like him even for a moment in my life.
Love wants to go down that narrow road
I want to go that deep path
I want to take the high road
Saturday's ending
How are you spending your Saturday nights? Are you, like some people, wandering among people, searching for something to comfort you? One person is enough: He, the reason, purpose, and master of our lives.
Nothing can fill me, nothing can satisfy me. It's time to return. Have a blessed and grace-filled Saturday with praise.
