Hope Now by Addison Road
If everything comes down to love
Then just what am I afraid of
When I call out Your name
Something inside awakes in my soul
How quickly I forget I’m Yours
I’m not my own
I’ve been carried by You
All my life
(chorus)
Everything rides on hope now
Everything rides on faith somehow
When the world has broken me down
Your love sets me free
When my life is like a storm
Rising waters all I want is the shore
You say I’ll be ok and
Make it through the rain
You are my shelter from the storm
Everything rides on hope now
Everything rides on faith somehow
When the world has broken me down
Your love sets me free
I am not my own
I’ve been carried by you all my life
Everything rides on hope now
Everything rides on faith somehow
When the world has broken me down
Your love sets me free
You’ve become my hearts desire
I will sing Your praises higher
Cause Your love sets me free
Your love sets me free
Your love sets me free
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If everything comes down to love
Then just what am I afraid of
Okay, honesty time. I’m afraid of love. Not God’s love. Just everyone other love. I don’t believe in a love that lasts, besides God’s. It might last for other people, but it doesn’t for me.
Ironically, I’m loyal like a dog. I literally just realized that last night. I had a break down night and I realized that, some how, I still love all those that betrayed me. Loyal.
Yet sometimes I truly wish I could just hate them. That I could make my heart stop loving them, since they obviously stopped loving me 8 months ago. So, yes, when it comes down to love, I’m afraid.
When I call out Your name
Something inside awakes in my soul
How quickly I forget I’m Yours
Sometimes I do forget that I’m His. And it’s funny* because whenever I remember, everything just seems better.
*Not funny-haha. Funny-ironic.
I’m not my own
I’ve been carried by You
All my life
He has truly carried me. I could not have made it through even the first week without Him. But in just a couple days, I will have made it almost 8 months. Only by Him helping me, leading me, loving me, and carrying me could I have made it this far and this long.
(chorus)
Everything rides on hope now
Everything rides on faith somehow
When the world has broken me down
Your love sets me free
I chose this song for one reason: everything rides on hope for me now. I have hope that good will come from the pain and struggle. I have hope that restoration will come from the brokenness and the hurt. I have hope that we will be friends again. I have hope that, some how, some way, He will prove Himself strong and faithful to not just me, but many others, because of what I’ve gone through. I have hope that He will get glory from this. I have HOPE that there is good reason for me to have hope.
The world has indeed broken me down. It tore me apart and spit me out. But when I fell on my knees broken and alone, God was there. He picked me back up, carried me, and gave me hope.
It’s not easy to hope. But it’s all I’ve got right now and I don’t want to lose it. It fades at times. Truthfully, hope has seemed pretty dim recently. But I can’t give up hope. As long as I have hope, I have something, ya know?
When my life is like a storm
Rising waters all I want is the shore
You say I’ll be ok and
Make it through the rain
You are my shelter from the storm
Oh I love this part of the song! My life has been, and at times still is, a storm. Water has gotten so high at times, and I’ve begged to be on dry, safe land. But He has always told me I would be okay. Rain comes, it’s part of life. But when the rain comes, He provides the shelter. He IS the shelter.
Don’t believe me? :) See for yourself:
“I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” – John 16:33 (NLT version)
You’ve become my hearts desire
I will sing Your praises higher
Cause Your love sets me free
Your love sets me free
Your love sets me free
Through all that has happened, He has become my hearts desire. Of course, there are many days (more than I’d like to admit) where I don’t live for Him. Oh, I want to. I just get caught up in the everyday happenings and forget who I want to be pleasing and living for. But I say with confidence: He is what I want most. If I had to give up everything I have and every relationship…for God? I would. He is everything. His love sets us free. His love is better than life.
