“Take This Slowly” | SONG of the week

Artist: The Gray Havens
Album: Ghost of a King
Year: 2016

If I took all that I got
and spread it out on this table,
it might not seem like a lot—
a once glimmering joy
slowly fadin' from view,
all the change in my pockets (not enough),
and this picture of you.

Still I've heard all that I have
in a moment is hardly a sign
of everything comin' my way.
I believe when I need it, it will be mine.
So let's take this slowly.
All I need is comin',
but it's just beyond what I can see.
So if my eyes press forward in fierce alarm,
just turn my head back to see
how we got this far,
and I'll be alright.

I'm not askin' for mountains of riches,
no silver or gold.
Don't need fame or fancier things
I can't take when I go.
I'm just asking for grace,
grace to carry on,
grace to take joy at my place at the table
and the Rock that it's standin' on.

Still I've heard all that I have
in a moment is hardly a sign
of everything coming my way.
I believe when I need it, it will be mine.
So let's take this slowly.
All I need is comin',
but it's just beyond what I can see.
So if my eyes press forward in fierce alarm,
just turn my head back to see
how we got this far,
and I'll be alright.

And even when I'm broke down,
even when what I've got now
is fallin' faster down beneath the cracks
and I don't know when its comin' back around—
even then I'll be callin' out louder,
loud enough to wake 'em up.
Believing, I believe I will see it done.
I believe what I will hold
will be enough.

So let's take this slowly.
All I need is comin',
but it's just beyond what I can see.
So if my eyes press forward in fierce alarm,
just turn my head back to see
how we got this far,
and I'll be alright.
It's gonna be alright.

"I have never had, by God's grace, the least misgiving, as to his willingness to give me all I need; on the contrary, I have been assured that, when I actually required the money . . . it would come."

George Müller