[jude24]

My second song is a CCM one. I post it as Exhibit A of why we shouldn't cavilierly dismiss CCM or paint it with too broad a brush. It's by Caedmon's Call (my personal favorite):

Thankful by Derek Webb

You know I ran across
An old box of letters
When I was bagging up some clothes for goodwill
But you know I had to laugh
At the same old struggles
That plagued me then are plaguing me still

'Cause I know the road is long
From the ground to glory
But a boy can hope he's getting some place
But you see I'm running from
The very clothes I'm wearing
And dressed like this I'm fit for the chase

You know there is none righteous
Not one who understands
There is none who seeks God no not one
No not one

So I am thankful that I'm incapable of doing any good on my own
I'm so thankful that I'm incapable of doing any good on my own

'Cause we're all still-born
Dead in our transgressions
Shackled up to the sin we hold so dear

What part can I play
In the work of redemption
'Cause I can't refuse and I cannot add a thing
'Cause I am just like Lazarus
And I can hear your voice
And I stand and rub my eyes and walk to you
Because I have no choice

So I am thankful that I'm incapable of doing any good on my own
I'm so thankful that I'm incapable of doing any good on my own

'Cause it's by grace I have been saved
And through faith it's not my own
It is a gift of God and not by works
Lest anyone should boast

[rwfromkansas]

I got to interview Derek Webb last year at a concer the gave at my school.

I will have to export to PDF and then copy the text and post it here on FR.

That guy is awesome.

[rwfromkansas]

Awake My Soul (By Derek Webb's wife, also a singer)

1. The image of God invisible
The firstborn of all life
Before and within,
He holds it all in
One name, one faith, one Christ

Chorus: No one is good enough
To save himself
Awake my soul tonight
To boast nothing else

2. I trust no other source or name
Nowhere else can I hide
This grace gives me fear,
and this grace draws me near
And all that it asks it provides
(Repeat chorus)

Bridge: No seam in this garment
All my rags to hide
No less than your love
For Jesus is mine

3. When I stand on the edges of Jordan
With the saints and the angels beside
When my body is healed
and the glory revealed
Then still I can boast only Christ
(Repeat chorus twice)

[rwfromkansas]

There are some more Caedmon's Call, Jars, and even one Newsboys song I can think of that are especially Calviny, to invent a new term.

Well, I got a final and need to get my butt in gear.