SHAME

(c)2018 Carolyn Miller

Lyrics

I imagine you Jesus standing there 
under the trees in the quiet and the calm
But my first response is shocking to my soul
As I want to shrink away before I catch your eye
  
And looking down I wonder why I cannot run to you
I long for your embrace and your tender words of love
But my first response is shocking to my soul
As I want to shrink away before I catch your eye
  
For something stands between us, something unseen
And it hasn’t always been there 
but now its large enough to keep me from you Jesus
And now its time to give it a name
I call it shame
  
I see your hands extended as you beckon me to come
But I cannot get my feet to move, I feel I’ve let you down
And this first response is shocking to my soul
As I thought I’d let it go but now I've caught your eye
  
For something stands between us, something unseen
And it hasn’t always been there 
but now its large enough to keep me from you Jesus
And now its time to name it…
I call it shame
  
I bring you my shame, (x3)
And lay it at your feet
I don’t feel good enough
Is there something wrong with me?
How could you love who I’ve become?
I’ve let you down too many times
I need to lay this at your feet
 
And then the image changes and I’m seeing a defeat
This shame it weighs you down
As you hang upon the cross
And Satan is laughing
He believes He’s won the game
But the very thing defeated in three days we will claim
Oh Jesus you took away my shame
And on your victory I claim
  
Now nothing stands between us, there is nothing unseen
It had never really been there 
it’s just that I believed the great deceiver
And now that lie has come undone
The shame is gone
  
I see your hands extended as you beckon me to come
And my feet begin to move as I run into your arms
I now receive your tender words of love
And I want to sit with you and forever catch your eye 

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