Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Sometimes I hear the gospel in songs, and I weep.




This song was playing as I drove today.  It got to me.  Especially the parts in bold.

If you don't own music by this man, you should.

Andrew Peterson

Love and Thunder

High Noon  

High noon in the valley of the shadow 
When the deep of the valley was bright 
When the mouth of the tomb 
Shouted, "Glory, the Groom is alive" 
So long, you wages of sin 
Go on, don't you come back again 
I've been raised and redeemed 
You've lost all your sting 
To the victor of the battle 

At high noon in the valley 
In the valley of the shadow 


Now the demons, they danced in the darkness 
When that last ragged breath left his lungs 
And they reveled and howled 
At the war that they thought they had won 
But then, in the dark of the grave 
The 
stone rolled away 
In the still of the dawn on the greatest of days 


High noon in the valley of the shadow 
When the shadows were shot through with light 
When Jesus took in that breath 
And shattered all Death with his life 
So long, you wages of sin 
Go on, don't you come back again 
I've been raised and redeemed 
You've lost all your sting 
To the victor of the battle 

High noon in the valley of the shadow 


Let the people rejoice 
Let the heavens resound 
Let the name of Jesus,
who sought us 
And freed us
forever ring out 
All praise to the fighter of the night 
Who rides on the light 
Whose gun is the grace of the God of the sky 


High noon in the valley of the shadow 
When the shadows were shot through with light 
When the mouth of the tomb 
Shouted, "Glory, the Groom is alive" 
So long, you wages of sin 
I said go on, don't you come back again 
I've been raised and redeemed 
All praise to the king 
The victor of the battle 
High noon in the valley 
In the valley of the shadow 

2 comments:

  1. I hear you! My wife can attest that it has the same effect on me. I didn't make it through at least the first five times I heard the song without weeping. The first time I heard it was about two years ago at a concert of his in Omaha. I had heard a couple other of his albums but hadn't made if back to Love and Thunder yet. That song dropped me when I heard it. The emotional response was almost more than I could handle.

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  2. love it, brook! amen and amen! thank you for sharing. all sorts of love and blessing be yours today, dear friend....

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