Into battle on high horse
the first stones to cast
With troops and our weapons
for justice at last
Sin consumed me
through creeping devilish lies
A hypocrite endlessly
seeking to be justified
Swords drawn to the speck
in the eye of another
Strike to kill despite planks
far worse than our brother’s
A wretch and a liar
a lost thief like me
Screams belligerent defenses
yet refuses to see
I celebrated victory
while tortured with remorse
My soul defeated by hauntings
of unrighteous wars
I’d dragged comrades and innocents
along into hell
Determined to prove
my version of right should prevail
The sore and the tired
through muck and the mire
Life sacrificed blindly
at the first line of fire
Loves and futures
families and homes
Destroyed without cause
in my wake breathless bones
I’d stolen joy and peace
pursuing other’s convictions
Deferring my guilt
and denying my own addictions
How many with scars
on bodies and hearts
Only remnants remaining
lying broken in shards
How undeserving I am
of mercy or grace
How deserving I am
of the damnation I face
Yet the Shepherd came searching
the flock left behind
He came bringing Salvation
leaving the other ninety nine
He called me by name
breathing into dry bones
Child of God it is over
it is finished He spoke
Forgiveness was mine
right there in the dirt
With bleeding knuckles I clenched
with all inside me that hurt
When blinded in valleys
on the darkest of nights
I will not be afraid
for He’s the way truth and life
Born on Earth in a manger
flesh and bone of Himself
From rock bottom He saved me
from the devil myself
Unworthy to be blessed
to ever hang by His side
He chose me to rescue
if even He’d die
Rejoicing with gladness
in each day He has made
For I know already
He has conquered the grave
Heaven is mine through the Son
and His redemption from death
With unconditional love
and His name in my breath
I am now found when once
I was so hopelessly lost
Because Jesus to Calvary
Has carried my cross
You Are My Stars 