Renew Me

Hey, Y'all,

Hope you had a refreshing and restful and productive weekend. Today we bring you another first in RST history--this is, if memory serves, the first audio RST we've ever sent. Below you'll find the lyrics to the attached song by Avalon that has perfectly hit the nail on the head of what several of us are living these days (as evidenced by our near-simultaneous discovery and discussion of this song and its message). The gist of it is that we want more; we acknowledge our need of God and are amazed at the growth and improved understanding of things that having God play an active role in our lives has wrought, and we want the renewal and remaking that the active and constant presence of God accomplishes in our lives. So here it is, our prayer for us and for you today and every day...

Renew Me

Why am I such a dusty window
For your light to shine through?
Why am I just a tiny star
In a sky already blue?
Why do I offer everything
With my heart closed like a fist?
I want to love You better than this

Why do I live like I'm in chains
When You have set me free?
And why do I have to break Your heart
Before I fall to my knees?
I know it's time to pray for change
Give all I have to give
I want to love You better than this

So renew me, Remake me
Undo me, Unbreak me
Come into the empty spaces
Of my broken places
And consume me, Complete me
Pursue me, Redeem me
Let Your Holy Spirit living through me
Renew me

I need Your power to renew me, Lord,
I need to know You're moving through me, Lord

I need You as my refuge
My first and last resort
Be the river always running
Through my deepest thoughts
Keep me in Your arms
'Cause even when I drift
I want to love You better than this

So renew me, Remake me
Undo me, Unbreak me
Come into the empty spaces
Of my broken places
And consume me, Complete me
Pursue me, Redeem me
Let Your Holy Spirit living through me
Renew me

My life bending to Your will
Seeking You until I'm more and more like You

So renew me, Remake me
Undo me, Unbreak me
Come into the empty spaces
Of my broken places
And consume me, Complete me
Pursue me, Redeem me
Let Your Holy Spirit living through me
Renew me