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Monday, September 14

God Gave Love a Body Lyrics

I’ve carried questions like a weight
Worn the worry on my face
Tried to outrun every shadow
Tried to pray my fear away
But fear never learned to breathe
Never felt the cost of pain
It only steals what love has built
And leaves without a name

Then I remembered what You showed me
In the dust, in flesh and bone

God didn’t give fear a body
God gave love a body
Arms that ache, a heart that bleeds
A life laid down for enemies
God didn’t give fear a body
God gave love a body
So if I’m still standing here
It’s love that carried me

I’ve watched the world shake under doubt
Watched hope learn how to bend
Seen belief come out of the fire
Not shiny, but still intact
If love is more than what we say
If faith is more than sound
Then let it show up in my hands
Let it walk this broken ground

You didn’t shout from heaven
You stepped into the room

God didn’t give fear a body
God gave love a body
Hands to heal, a voice for truth
A mercy that still pulls me through
God didn’t give fear a body
God gave love a body
And I will choose, again and again
To live the proof

This is my hard-fought hallelujah
Not polished, not pretend
This is praise that’s been through midnight
And still knows how to stand
If fear is loud, love is louder
If death speaks, love remains
If love still has a body
Let it wear my name

Here I am
Send me

God didn’t give fear a body
God gave love a body
Still reaching out, still bearing scars
Still closer than I thought You were
God didn’t give fear a body
God gave love a body
And this hallelujah that I sing
Was hard-won, but it’s real

Not fear
But love
Not fear
But love

Steve Maraboli