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Story Unfolding

by Bret Welstead

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1.
Author 04:54
With Your story unfolding And my life on the page There have been twists and turns and moments I've aged And it's so hard to see The role I'm to play As the final chapters draw closer each day When I'm lost and weary When there seems no way to go Will You come near me, that I may know Author of me, my mind is heavy I'm on my knees, losing my faith Give me some hope to take one more step, to turn a new page The next chapter's uncertain But the ending is sure And I'm clinging for life to each whispering word 'Cause each word brings redemption Each page makes me new Every moment I'm living brings me closer to You When I'm lost and weary When there seems no way to go Will You draw near me, that I may know Author of me, my mind is heavy I'm on my knees, losing my faith Give me some hope to take one more step, to turn a new page But then it all seems so simple It's ringing so true Most days I know that my story is the story of You 'Cause your blood is the ink Your death is the pen May my character flow from the work of Your hand When I'm lost and weary When there seems no way to go Will you come near me, that I may know Author of me, my mind is heavy I'm on my knees, losing my faith Give me some hope to take one more step, to turn a new page Author of me, my mind is heavy I'm on my knees, coming undone Give me some hope to walk in the light, to live in the Sun
2.
There's nothing new under the sun There's nothing that's never been done So what's the poin, when all is meaningless Maybe I'll write another song Maybe I'll smile and just move on I worry how my boys will, remember me when they're old Everything in life loses meaning when I forget to make You the center Told myself I was just a young soul But I'm old enough to know You might as well work for the wind We never quite fill up our hands Our days are numbered and we all fall down And when we fall who picks us up? And when we drink who fills our cup? Everything we do now until the end will be known Everything in life loses meaning when I forget to make You the center Told myself I was just a young soul But I'm old enough to know One day born and one day I'll die Keep my mouth shut until it's time To speak the words that could heal or kill To tear it down or to help rebuild To find what's lost or to give up the search As wars rage on, to cry "peace on Earth" There's a time to love, a time to hate To gather stones or to throw them away Tears fall down but before too long I'll be laughing, dancing to another song Do I take her hand or do I refrain? To keep this love and not waste it away Everything in life loses meaning when I forget to make You the center Told myself I was just a young soul But I'm old enough to know
3.
Psalm 134 01:20
Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD Who minister by night in the house of the LORD Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the LORD May the LORD, the Maker of Heaven and Earth bless you Bless you from Zion
4.
Choose any direction, walk a straight line I've never used a compass, expect I'm doing fine Stumbled in the gutter 700 times I'll put my message in the bottle once I've emptied all the wine But don't take Your eyes off me now because in time I'll be running back I'll be running back to You Where I started from, caught up in the lie You always knew I'd be running back Filled up on the empty, it never seems to last You think I'd know better, but there's safety in the past I never cut the eye holes so I can't see out my mask And I'd trade the 700 for a little bit of cash I should trade my excuses in and before you know I'll be running back I'll be running back to You Where I started from, caught up in the lie You always knew I'd be running back So long waiting underneath this atom bomb Waiting for my weary arms to get too tired For the blast to arrive You are waiting for me, never far Down the road, waiting for my weary heart to rewind To set this mess aside I'll be running back I'll be running back to You Where I started from, caught up in the lie You always knew I'd be running back I'll be running back to You Where I started from, caught up in the lie You always knew I'd be running back
5.
Where will you go Now that all has changed, now that life is new again? He said to tell no one A penny for your thoughts, a dove to die upon the altar Brother, you were once ashes and dust on the outside A touch and you're restored, dead no more Brother, where will you go? Where will you walk? Will you hold your head high, scorning their surprise? Will you burn as they burned you? Or will you let it go so they might know He touched you? Brother, you were once ashes and dust on the outside A touch and you're restored, dead no more Brother, where will you go? Where will you go? Will the lost son be the first one to sing Of the man who moves mountains? Brother can you find the faith to move them? Brother can you find the faith to move them?
6.
James is skipping like a stone Laughing at his footsteps that are dancing with their shadows Pavement: just a point to jump from Like gravity was nothing but a storybook beginning That wouldn't see the end He spends his days in humble circumstance He learned that life is more or less a dance No matter what the trials that befall, there's joy in all That sends him skipping like a stone James is reaching for the sun He sees it through his fingers and smiles with understanding It never changes, sending down its warmth Making way for beauty ghat shines all around him He sees it as he spins It's all a gift right there for him to take Awake to all that's good and perfect Life, from birth to death What more is there but taking it all in It sends him skipping like a stone James is standing on the shore Cradling a pebble made for a single purpose He sends it bouncing on the water Watches as the ripples reach the other shore So it goes Each life can touch eternity in time Each light can shine on a hill for all to see Each step can cross the path of one who needs to be set free To be skipping like a stone
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One day we'll walk on streets of gold We'll never be alone The tears we've shed will be no more No more fear, no more war The dark will tremble and be gone The church bells will be silenced The risen Son of God, our Lord With us in New Jerusalem The day is coming soon The day is coming soon Provision for the meek Comfort for the grieving Rest for those who wrestle Rescue for the prisoner One day today will seem so small The shadow of a whisper And all we worked so hard to build Will crumble and we'll watch it fall The stars will fade, the moon will fall The mountains leveled to the sea We'll let it go and feel no fear We'll know it never mattered The day is coming soon The day is coming soon Provision for the meek Comfort for the grieving Rest for those who wrestle Rescue for the prisoner Answers for the seeker Water for the thirsty Mercy for the broken Hope fulfilled Hope fulfilled Hope fulfilled And every voice will be found out And every son and daughter Will sing to Him Who holds us all Who was and is forever Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty

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released January 27, 2013

Bret Welstead – vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, piano, bass guitar, vibraphone, percussion
Mark Hansen – electric guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, Marxophone
Eric Medley – vocals, electric guitars, bass guitar, percussion
Jami Fristo – drums, percussion
Joe Kirby – electric guitars
Crystal Davy - vocals
Martin Downing – bass guitar

All songs recorded by Mark Hansen in Lincoln, NE, and produced by Eric Medley at Eric Medley Music Productions in Charleston, SC.

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Bret Welstead Lincoln, Nebraska

Bret is a songwriter from Lincoln, NE, where he serves as Pastor of Worship & Creative Arts at New Cov. He loves his wife and three kids more than almost anything. His passion is music, and the bane of his existence is writing bio material for his websites. ... more

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