From Laura Story comes a new album called Great God Who Saves. The website Great Worship Songs is offering a free download of the song that serves as the opening track: "Bless the Lord." You'll have to create a free account, then you can do a "save as" of the MP3.It's a catchy pop song that also has strong lyrics, which should be no surprise coming from Story, the songwriter behind "Indescribable."
Bless the Lord
You give and take away for my good.
For who am I to say what I need?
For You alone see the hidden parts of me
That need to be stripped away.
And as You begin to refine,
I’m learning to let go and rely
On One who walks with me. As hard as it may be,
You’re teaching me all the while to say:
Bless the Lord, O my soul.
All that’s in me bless Your name,
Forget not Your power untold,
Not Your glory or Your fame.
For You came to heal the broken,
To redeem and make me whole.
Bless the Lord, O my soul.
Though my faith may falter, my strength may fail,
I pray for eyes to see the richness of Your mercy shown to me.
Bless the Lord. Bless the Lord.
Will we sing it in our worship services? It certainly passes the test in terms of biblically rich and theologically sound lyrics. The music is catchy at points and soaring at others-- it makes you want to sing along. However, the vocal range (lowest and highest notes) is very wide, the rhythm/syncopation is pretty complex, and the key change is very tricky. While all this makes for great radio, it's a lot harder to use for congregational worship with simple instrumentation. So, do enjoy listening to this track with me (this falls into the great-worship-songs-for-driving-with-the-car-windows-down category), but know that we might not give it a try on Sunday morning. A solo, maybe?
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