Official Procrastination Post

I am suppose to be writing a paper, but clearly I am a bit distractable. When I write papers, I have long listened to music. Throughout undergrad I listened to soundtracks and instrumental music. However, in seminary I have taken to the habit of listening to worship music, as I have found it helps me be ever mindful on Christ who should be at the heart of all of my seminary papers, so that is what I was doing. For the most part the songs are an undercurrent to I am writing, sometimes I am very aware of the songs and sometimes they are just kind of there. However, while writing one song really jumped out at me and I had to stop and listen to it. I have heard the song before multiple times, but this time the lyrics really struck me. The simplicity of the words combined with their intense spiritual depth is striking. The song is called Only Grace by Matthew West. You can listen to it in the video, and read the lyrics below.


There is no guilt here
There is no shame
No pointing fingers
There is no blame
What happened yesterday…has disappeared
The dirt has washed away
And now it's clear

There's only grace
There's only love
There's only mercy and believe me it's enough
Your sins are gone
Without a trace
And there's nothing left now
There's only grace

You're starting over now
Under the sun
You're stepping forward now
A new life has begun
Your new life has begun

An’ there's only grace
There's only love
There's only mercy and believe me…it's enough
Your sins are gone
Without a trace
And there's nothing left now
There's only grace…

And if you should fall again
Get back up, get back up
Reach out and take my hand
Get back up, get back up
Get back up again
Ohh…get…back…up…again…


There's only grace…
There's only love…
There's only mercy and believe me it's enough…it’s enough
Your sins are gone
Without a trace
And there's nothing left now
There's only…there’s only…grace…

There's only mercy and believe me it's enough…it’s enough
Your sins are gone
Without a trace
And there's nothing left now
There’s only…grace……
So get back up…get back up again…
Get back up again.