A few months after the earthquake as I was writing and writing and writing in order to try to process all that we'd been through, the words to this short, simple song came out of my head and onto paper. I would sing them to myself when hard memories from the quake/aftermath would surface and I'd find myself struggling with anxiety.
Again now, as I stand in a place of brokenness and uncertainty, struggling emotionally-- I again find these words cycling through my head:
What I've seen is all part of the story of who I am
And I cannot erase it
But You can-- You can redeem it for brighter things
Brighter things than what I've seen,
You can redeem it for brighter things
Who You are is the only story of who I am
That cannot be erased
And You have-- You have redeemed me for brighter things
Brighter things than what I've been
You have redeemed me for brighter things
