Baby Musician

This semester I somehow ended up taking two music classes, guitar and piano. I am just starting to learn on both of them so as you can imagine I'm seeing a lot of black and white these days! But something even odder has been happening. Somehow while I'm sitting on my guard stand at work, I realize I'm making up songs of my own in my head. So the other day I was just singing this one free for all, but then realized I should probably be writing these down. Now I know that these lyrics don't do much apart from the music and please remember I am a baby musician, but I thought I'd share with you the first song I actually wrote down! 


Every day I wake up and I think to myself,
Lord, you're not done with me,
Lord, you're not done with me quite yet.


And so today I'm gonna die to myself
because I'm not my own
and His glory demands my death. 


But how could I in this human flesh
bring any worth to Christ our Lord.
I'm just a sinner caught up in myself
but praise the Lord,
today I've died to myself. 


You see, redemptions not just a one time gift
its an ever continuous trip
And so each day I've gotta die to myself.
That's the only way this flesh can live. 


This story is Yours 
From creation to fall
from Christ on earth,
in glorious birth.
From Jesus stoned 
and brutal death.
From the risen tomb
to His return that shall be soon.
You alone have penned my worth. 


So this is how this human flesh 
can bring any worth to Christ our Lord.
This is how this sinners heart
is no longer on myself.
It's all in His and my death. 


Through my death
and Christ's true gift
I've learned that I have my part in Your story
it's no longer just a list
of numerous scripts
its the story of You and me
the story of how you wanted it to be.


I thank you that
You died to redeem us all
Now I die daily to fulfill Your call.