Run to the Father by Cody Carnes Coding by @Christ_has_risen || Art by me LYRICS: I've carried a burden For too long on my own I wasn't created To bear it alone I hear Your invitation To let it all go Yeah, I see it now I'm laying it down And I know that I need You I run to the Father I fall into grace I'm done with the hiding No reason to wait My heart needs a surgeon My soul needs a friend So I'll run to the Father Again and again And again and again Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh You saw my condition Had a plan from the start Your Son for redemption The price for my heart And I don't have a context For that kind of love I don't understand I can't comprehend All I know is I need You I run to the Father I fall into grace I'm done with the hiding No reason to wait My heart needs a surgeon My soul needs a friend So I'll run to the Father Again and again And again and again Oh-oh, oh-oh, again and again And again and again Oh-oh, oh-oh (oh-oh) My heart has been in Your sights Long before my first breath Running into Your arms Is running to life from death And I feel this rush deep in my chest Your mercy is calling out Just as I am You pull me in And I know I need You now I run to the Father I fall into grace I'm done with the hiding No reason to wait My heart needs a surgeon My soul needs a friend So I'll run to the Father Again and again I run to the Father I fall into grace I'm done with the hiding No reason to wait And my heart found a surgeon My soul found a friend So I'll run to the Father Again and again And again and again Oh-oh, oh-oh, again and again And again and again Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh Again and again
I made this because recently, I was starting to get nervous and was doubting myself and whether or not I was still a believer. I was losing faith, but I listened to this song and it lifted me back up. Because God led me back to him. Here's the story. I really was carrying burdens for too long by myself. I used to be able to carry those things, because I could lean on my friends, and they were willing to help me shoulder it. You guys are awesome, and thank you so much. When I left, I started to feel like I didn't have anyone else to lean on. I felt like I HAD to carry it on my own, that I just had to suck it up. That's what I was taught. Suddenly it just crashed down on me. I felt so weighed down and I couldn't get up. That night, I cried silently, my mind screaming, "Help me, help me God, I'm lost, I'm chained, I'm breaking, I'm hurting, and I want to come to you." It was more like my soul was crying. But then, this song started going through my head, and at the same time, I heard Him. It was like a small whisper, and it said, "I'm here. Come now, I'll help you carry it." I can't express how happy and relieved I was. My soul stopped crying. My heart was filled. My eyes were opened and dryed. Even now, the warmth I felt when I was around my friends is coming back stronger, and a little differently. I'll tell you what I did that night. I leaned on him and followed him. I prayed for the first time since I was six. I remembered a chapter from Scripture. It was Luke 15, the Parable of the Lost Sheep. It read, "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn't he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.' I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent." (Luke 15:4-7 NIV) I remembered that chapter and I thought, "I am like the lost sheep. I am like the sinner that repented and was rejoiced over. People who don't know me from their past life and people who were close to me are happy and celebrating RIGHT NOW." I liked that. And I remembered, "He'll come for us someday, and we'll be the flock of lost sheep who repented and are rejoiced over by millions and millions of people in Heaven." I can't wait for that day to come. I can't wait for those people to rejoice that we came home. That we made it back to the pastures. We'll go home someday, and we won't have worries or burdens or weights on our backs. We'll be truly free. Free forever with our Father. Which is why I will dedicate my life to serving my God. I'll repent and pray as much as I have to, even if I have to repent a million times in one lifetime. After all that, we can go home with him. And who knows, we might live long enough to see the End! So I implore you, come to Him now! Come, run to Him, run to the Father! If you do, and you repent whenever you start to lose hope or make a big mistake, you can rest assured go to Heaven someday, you can go home with Him, you will be FREED! God bless you and have a good day!
