add to the beauty

Sara Groves released an album a couple years ago called "Add to the Beauty" - and the album's title song did just that to my day today. as i was listening to it tonight on my drive home, the simplicity of its message brought the past several days into focus. what at first i thought was a brief respite was in fact a culmination of sorts, for all the emotions, thanksgivings, heartaches, bittersweetness, and lessons learned from this weekend.

i am in love with the God who would delight and encourage His people with such things as melodies and words. He is truly good to create us to reach such pinnacles of joy, such valleys of emotion. it is a unique capacity that separates us from even the angels - and i am thankful to a God who would love us like that.

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we come with beautiful secrets

we come with purposes written on our hearts, written on our souls

we come to every new morning

with possibilities only we can hold.

Redemption comes in strange places, small spaces

calling out the best of who we are

and i want to add to the beauty

to tell a better story

i want to shine with the light

that's burning up inside

it comes in small inspirations

it brings redemption to life and work

it comes in loving community

it comes in helping a soul find its worth

Redemption comes in strange places, small spaces

calling out the best of who we are

and i want to add to the beauty

to tell a better story

i want to shine with the light

that's burning up inside

this is grace - an invitation to be beautiful

this is Grace - an invitation...

i want to add to the beauty.