FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE AND AS LONG AS I BREATHE
NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE WHAT I NOW BELIEVE.

NOT TOO LONG AGO I CAME TO A PLACE IN MY LIFE
WHERE MY THOUGHTS ENTAILED DARK VISIONS OF A KNIFE

THE PATH I WAS ON CONSISTED OF LIES, ADDICTION, ABUSE AND DESPERATION.
THE TURMOIL I CREATED KEPT ME IN DEEP SEPARATION.

THERE WERE MANY DAYS THAT I JUST WANTED TO CRY
I HURT SO BAD I TRULY WANTED TO DIE!

I FELT I HAD NO SELF WORTH AND VERY LITTLE VALUE.
I DIDN’T KNOW WHERE TO TURN OR WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO.

SOME FAMILY MEMBERS WHOM I HAD HURT,
TURNED THEIR BACKS AND OFFERED ME NO SUPPORT.

I WAS SCARED, ANGRY, CONFUSED AND ALONE.
AND I KNEW INSIDE I COULDN’T DO THIS ON MY OWN.

I REACHED MY HANDS INTO THE AIR
AND SHOUTED OUT LOUD IN UTTER DESPAIR.

I WAS FILLED WITH SUCH DISTRESS.
ON MY KNEES I BEGAN TO CONFESS.

GOD I HEARD THAT YOU LOVE ME AND THAT YOU TRULY CARE,
I CAN’T SEE YOU ARE YOU REALLY THERE?

PLEASE LORD SHOW ME A WAY.
I CAN’T LIVE LIKE THIS FOR ONE MORE DAY!

THAT LIFE I WILL NEVER FORGET
AND THOSE WORDS I WILL NEVER REGRET!

IN MY DARKEST HOURS AND TIME OF NEED,
THE LORD WHISPERED “GIVE IT TO ME AND YOU WILL BE FREED”

I ROSE TO MY FEET AND WIPED AWAY MY TEARS
I DIDN’T KNOW THE LORD WAS WITH ME AS HE TOOK AWAY MY FEARS.

HE BROUGHT ME TO A PLACE WHERE I COULD JUST BE STILL
WHERE I COULD LEARN ABOUT HIM AND ABOUT HIS WILL.


I STILL HAD A LOT OF DOUBT AND WASN’T SO SURE
WAS THIS MY ANSWER? WAS THIS MY CURE?

I STARTED READING THE BIBLE AND MORE OF HIS WORD
WANTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT JESUS THE ONE THEY CALL LORD

LITTLE BY LITTLE MY LIFE STARTED TO CHANGE
THINGS STARTED HAPPENING THAT SEEMED KIND OF STRANGE.

TODAY I AM A NEW PERSON WHO’S HAD A CHANGE OF HEART
THE LORD GAVE TO ME THIS BRAND NEW START

AS I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY I HOPE MY MESSAGE IS HEARD
I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THESE WORDS COME FROM ME THROUGH THE LORD

SURRENDER TO GOD – HE WILL MAKE A WAY – HE WILL PROVIDE
HE IS OUR SAVIOR – LET HIM BE YOUR GUIDE

IF THERE IS ANYONE OUT THERE WHO FEELS HELPLESS AND BEATEN DOWN
TRUST IN HIM AND LET HIM TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND.

IT DOESN’T MATTER WHERE YOU’VE BEEN OR WHAT YOU’VE DONE
SALVATION WAS MADE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST – GOD’S ONLY SON

I AM PROUD TO BE THE DAUGHTER OF OUR MIGHTY GOD ABOVE
AND AS I LOOK THE HEAVENS I KNOW I AM BLESSED WITH HIS PERFECT LOVE.

AMEN