By Your Side

I have had the song "By Your Side" by Tenth Avenue North on repeat on my iPod these last few days. It is so reflective of where I've been in my spiritual walk the last month. I went to school with some of the guys in Tenth Avenue North and their songs have always given me inspiration and been exactly what I've needed to hear. I encourage all of you to go and download their new album "Over and Underneath" on iTunes. I am posting the lyrics in hopes you will find the same encouragement and strength from our Heavenly Father that it has given me:

"By Your Side"

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?

CHORUS:
Cause 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 wanna give you life

(Chorus)

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