To Die That Death … Elizabeth Hayashi

by Elizabeth Hayashi

Trying so hard to fight back death, But it surrounds me wherever I turn Gazing in fear at my life Disintegrating before my eyes.

Oh, I’m doing my best To do my best, But I’m falling over and over again But a sacrifice Presses me to the prize And I know there’s always death before new life.

Now I remember the blood that flowed Now I remember Your agony. You held the darkness of all the world You gave Your all because You were willing.

So Lord, take the old me, Let her die on the tree. Crucify all my control Let my heart live again Just like you lived again All Yours, all pure, all new.

Up and down, again and again, The boast of life pulled down by pain. I make the choice: right here right now. I thank You, Lord, I yield, I bow.

You could heal me now, To the easy way out, To keep on living the life I’ve always lived But you love me more, And you want me to soar, Not by my strength but by the grace You give.

Now I remember the blood that flowed Now I remember Your agony. You held the darkness of all the world You gave Your all because You were willing.

So Lord, take the old me, Let her die on the tree. Crucify all my control Let my heart live again Just like you lived again All Yours, all pure, all new.

Can I choose to boast in my weakness? Can I choose to run through the pain? Help me, Lord, ‘cause death crowds around me. Lift my head to see you again.

Oh, if only You’d break these chains But You tell me again and again It’s Your grace, Your strength, My hope, My all.

Now I remember the blood that flowed Now I remember Your agony. You held the darkness of all the world