Don't Turn Away

Something struck me tonight as I was driving home with a friend; there was this song playing in the background - one of my favorites - and I realized that this song, in that moment, was for me. The last few months I have had this rebellious teenage-esque relationship with Christ. Me wanting to assert my own knowledge, skill, and independence and God saying "don't turn away."

I know in my head that He'll always be there, that He'll always be by my side whenever I fall - in the dead of night whenever I call but tonight I remembered with my heart what it is like to be loved by God. To have someone there for me who will never turn away from me and that no matter what I get myself into He's not more than a single breath or heartbeat away. He has built Himself into every atom of my being and He wants me to know that He will never leave or forsake me.


By Your Side
Tenth Avenue North

Why are you striving these days
Why are you trying to earn grace
Why are you crying
Let me lift up your face
Just don't turn away

Why are you looking for love
Why are you still searching as if I'm not enough
To where will you go child
Tell me where will you run
To where will you run

And I'll be by your side
Wherever you fall
In the dead of night
Whenever you call
And please don't fight
These hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you

Look at these hands and my side
They swallowed the grave on that night
When I drank the world's sin
So I could carry you in
And give you life
I want to give you life

Cause I, I love you
I want you to know
That I, I love you
I'll never let you go