Sustaining Fire (a original song)

I might've mentioned I write songs. I will say this in the present tense although I haven't finished a song or revisited a draft in a long time.

I know worship songs are not the jam for some of y’all, and that’s okay. I won’t be offended if you skip this one.

I don’t know yet where music goes in the world of things that I do, but I am making a margin for it here today. I have needed to lament and I feel kind of proud that I wrote this song to hold my grief ten years ago, somewhat inspired by this verse from Jeremiah. This is a recording I did in a friend’s home studio some years back, pre-pandemic.

Here are the lyrics:

Let the beauty of my soul
Find rest in your control
Let all I want to hold
Be whole in letting go

Saturate me
Liberate me
Overwhelm me
With your sustaining fire, Lord

At times I’m caught up
In my complicated stress
Can you teach me
How to worship in this mess

Saturate me
Liberate me
Overwhelm me
With your sustaining fire, Lord

Saturate me
Liberate me
Overwhelm me
With your sustaining fire, Lord

Saturate me, in the recesses of my soul
Liberate me, to you I surrender my control
Overwhelm me, so that you are all I know

And let your fire burn
Til I take my turn before your throne
Let there be no shiver in my spirit
There’s still a flame in my bones