‘The God Who Stays’ – Matthew West

Today, all I have is a song I heard on the radio.

I was driving home from the grocery store when this song played and it was an emotional ride home to say the least.

What else is there to say really?

Matthew West – The God Who Stays Youtube 

“If I were You I would’ve given up on me by now.
I would’ve labeled me a lost cause ’cause I feel just like a lost cause.
If I were You I would’ve turned around and walked away…
I would’ve labeled me beyond repair ’cause I feel like I’m beyond repair.

Oh, but somehow You don’t see me like I do…
Somehow You’re still here…

I used to hide every time I thought I let You down.
I always thought I had to earn my way, but I’m learning You don’t work that way.

‘Cause somehow You don’t see me like I do
Somehow You’re still here

You’re the God who stays.
You’re the one who runs in my direction when the whole world walks away.
You’re the God who stands with wide open arms and You tell me nothing I have ever done can separate my heart from the God who stays.

My shame can’t separate…
My guilt can’t separate…
My past can’t separate…
I’m Yours forever.
My sin can’t separate…
My scars can’t separate…
My failures can’t separate…
I’m Yours forever…
No enemy can separate…
No power of hell can take away
Your love for me will never change.

I’m Yours forever.”

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“On the day I called you answered me.  You made me bold with strength in my soul.” – Psalm 138 ❤ 

“AND WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THEM THAT LOVE GOD, TO THEM WHO ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.

29 FOR WHOM HE DID FOREKNOW, HE ALSO DID PREDESTINATE TO BE CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON, THAT HE MIGHT BE THE FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY BRETHREN.

30 MOREOVER WHOM HE DID PREDESTINATE, THEM HE ALSO CALLED: AND WHOM HE CALLED, THEM HE ALSO JUSTIFIED: AND WHOM HE JUSTIFIED, THEM HE ALSO GLORIFIED.

31 WHAT SHALL WE THEN SAY TO THESE THINGS? IF GOD BE FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?

32 HE THAT SPARED NOT HIS OWN SON, BUT DELIVERED HIM UP FOR US ALL, HOW SHALL HE NOT WITH HIM ALSO FREELY GIVE US ALL THINGS?

33 WHO SHALL LAY ANY THING TO THE CHARGE OF GOD’S ELECT? IT IS GOD THAT JUSTIFIETH.

34 WHO IS HE THAT CONDEMNETH? IT IS CHRIST THAT DIED, YEA RATHER, THAT IS RISEN AGAIN, WHO IS EVEN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, WHO ALSO MAKETH INTERCESSION FOR US.

35 WHO SHALL SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST? SHALL TRIBULATION, OR DISTRESS, OR PERSECUTION, OR FAMINE, OR NAKEDNESS, OR PERIL, OR SWORD?

36 AS IT IS WRITTEN, FOR THY SAKE WE ARE KILLED ALL THE DAY LONG; WE ARE ACCOUNTED AS SHEEP FOR THE SLAUGHTER.

37 NAY, IN ALL THESE THINGS WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM THAT LOVED US.

38 FOR I AM PERSUADED, THAT NEITHER DEATH, NOR LIFE, NOR ANGELS, NOR PRINCIPALITIES, NOR POWERS, NOR THINGS PRESENT, NOR THINGS TO COME, 39 NOR HEIGHT, NOR DEPTH, NOR ANY OTHER CREATURE, SHALL BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD, WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD. – ROMANS 8

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