Be Near
I follow all the rules
Well, at least I’m trying
Hoping when my days are through
I’ll think I’m worth Your dying
I’ve lived the longest
Thinking my heart was so bad
Too scared to look in Your face
Oh, if only I had
And is it alright
If I stay here all night
By the shoreline
I cannot believe that You are angry or unjust
You done nothing but have compassion on us
So be near when I’ve given up
Be near
And is it alright
If I stay here all night
By the shoreline
I’m just like everyone else
We are all hiding
Acting like I have wealth
Of knowledge and peace
But all I have ever wanted
And what men have given their lives for
Is a God who understands my weakness
A God that I can love
And is it alright
If I stay here all night
By the shoreline
I believe You are good and righteous
You’ve given me Your reckless Love
So be near, be near…
~Bethany Dillon
How many of you have lived this one? “Too scared to look You in the face…Oh, if only I had…”
BeautyfullSurrender,
Amania
Eating My Way Through It 
yes.. I am. but like the Kids in the Way song goes. “You’ve ripped me from my set in stone complacency”.. let it be so.
Jake
wow… that’s so beautiful. *sitting quietly thinking* It’s so painfully tender. hm It kinda makes me wanna do that whole “stay here all night by the shoreline” even more now. Nothing in the world like it. Take a blanket. Get all cozied up in it. *sigh* take some hot tea in a thermos and just… listen and look and listen and look for the resting place in the secret lonely place of listening and looking. Jesus, rescue us away to your secret places.
~beJeweled-by-the-shore
Bethany looks really different on that new album! She has grown up alot.
“I’ll think I’m worth Your dying”
powerful line! I would like to hear how the music sounds with it.
Esther**