God's Mercies

Nowadays, there are quite few Christian singing groups that I can really appreciate. Most of them sing these empty songs. They have no feeling behind them. You know what I mean? They try to sound sincere, but they just end up sounding like Britney Spears or Maroon 5....nothing spiritual about them and they end up sounding more like love songs.

In fact, have you noticed how most "Christian" songs end up on secular radio stations? Those aren't real songs to me. There are though, some few groups that you can tell they have a true relationship with the Lord. Like: Casting Crowns, Steven Curtis Chapman (God be with him and his family), Newsboys, even Audio Adrenaline (well the old AudioA).

With the recent events that I have gone through, there have been several songs that have truly touched me. For example: East to West by Casting Crowns....


EAST TO WEST
Here I am Lord and I'm drowning
In your sea of forgetfulness
The chains of yesterday surround me
I yearn for peace and rest
I don't want to end up where you found me
And it echoes in my mind
Keeps me awake tonight

I know you've cast my sins as far
As the East is from the West
And I stand before you now
As though I've never sinned but today
I feel like I'm just one mistake away
From you leaving me this way

[CHORUS]
Jesus can you show me
Just how far the East is from the West
Cause I can't bear to see the man I've been
Come rising up in me again
In the arms of your mercy I find rest
Cause you know just how far the East is from the West
From one scarred hand to the other

I start the day the war begins
Endless reminding of my sin
Time and time again
Your Truth is drowned out by the storm I'm in
Today I feel like I'm just one mistake away
From you leaving me this way

[CHORUS]
Jesus can you show me
Just how far the East is from the West
Cause I can't bear to see the man I've been
Come rising up in me again
In the arms of your mercy I find rest
Cause you know just how far the East is from the West
From one scarred hand to the other

[BRIDGE]
I know you've washed me white
Turned my darkness into light
I need your peace to get me through
To get me through this night
I can't live by what I feel
But by the truth your word reveals
I'm not holding on to you
But your holding on to me
Your holding on to me

[CHORUS]
Jesus, you know just how far
The East is from the West
I don't have to see the man I've been
Come rising up in me again
In the arms of your mercy I find rest
(The arms of your mercy I find rest)
Cause you know just how far the East is from the West
From one scarred hand to the other(x2)

(Just how far, the East is from the West) (x3)

From one scarred hand to the other