I began writing this song in the middle of the day about two years ago. I had just finished making Samantha's lunch (she is my youngest daughter and was 3yrs. old at the time.) I picked up the acoustic, started strumming a progression, and the first verse came out with a great ease. The chorus came to me pretty quickly too. I spent about 20 minutes singing it through, worshiping God and reviewing the content, lyrical flow and such. I was still unsure of the direction that God was leading me with the song. I set the acoustic down, went back to the kitchen and noticed that my 3yr. old had already learned the chorus and could sing it through all by herself. Of course, daddy's heart melted.
It was the first line of confirmation that I needed to know that God was definitely giving me a song and that I needed to continue with it. My first rule of thumb - when writing - is if the melody sticks with me after I walk away from the session, the song is something God wants me to continue exploring. Now, if anyone else sings the song, it must be from God! After all, "Out of the mouths of babes He has perfected praise".
I was really just expressing this one thing I felt inside: the need to remember how He found me. It's really easy to get good at doing "good stuff" and then forget why you do it. When we forget the grace by which He saved us, we forfeit the strength to continue in all that is right. A life lived with the absence of His grace is full of pressure and puts us under THE CRUSH. Can you imagine living life with a brick strapped to your lungs? Even our smallest effort would exhaust our ever-limited breath.
He came to free us from THE CRUSH. He stands ready to breathe upon us, so that we may breathe again. Take a deep breath, and feel Him now.
In His grace and grip,
Matt
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