By Your Side

I am not sure exactly why, but whenever I get into my car and the radio is on I always hope to hear this song because I love it so much (love this group too!)! And I always hear it when I am driving somewhere, it never fails. I know it has to be a God thing, because it's not a coincidence that He knows how I am feeling and He's trying to let me know that He's there by my side no matter what I am going through or feeling in that moment. He is ALWAYS there and this song has helped me to understand that in so many ways! Such an amazing thing to know that even when I feel so far away from God, or feel that He is so far from me, there's this awesome reminder through the gift of song, that He never really is too far that we cannot reach Him and He cannot get to us! He runs to us! Hallelujah! His love never ceases to amaze or astound me. And I pray that this song may touch your heart like it has touched mine.

You can listen to it here, on the TenthAvenueNorth webpage. It's called By Your Side:

http://tenthavenuenorth.com/media/music


This is what the songwriters and musicians had to say about this song:

By Your Side
Mike Donehey, Jason Ingram, Phillip LaRue

“There are a couple of lines in ‘By Your Side’ that to me really encapsulate the whole song. One is in the second verse that says, ‘Why are you looking for love? Why are you still searching as if I’m not enough? To where will you go child? To where will you run?’ And the last verse it says, ‘Look at these hands and my side, they swallowed the grave on that night, when I drank the world’s sin so that I could carry you in and give you life.’ ‘By Your Side’ is just a call to anyone who’s struggling or fighting against God thinking they have to work to earn it. It’s calling them to stop looking for what you can do for God and fix your gaze upon what God has done for you. Let that motivate you. We love because He first loved us.”

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?

I'll be by your side wherever you fall
In the dead of night whenever you call
Please don't fight these hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you

Look at these hands at 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

Here at my side wherever you fall
In the dead of night whenever you call
Please don't fight these hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you

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

Also in a recent entry on their website Mike had a great message about titled "By Your Side" where he talks about Christmas. I read it, and just thought I'd share it with all of you as well. If you click on the link below it will take you to that message and I hope it touches your heart.

http://tenthavenuenorth.com/blog/2008/12/25/chapter-4-by-your-side/

I will sing to the LORD as long as I live. I will praise my God to my last breath! Psalm 104:33

With all my heart I will praise you, O Lord my God. I will give glory to your name forever.
Psalm 86:12