New Easter Song
Wow, it’s hard to remember the last time I wrote a new song. (Actually, I’m not sure if I’ve even picked up my guitar since I finished recording the third volume of my Anthology.)
But with Easter looming and me supposed to do a song for the program, I was thinking during supper of perhaps writing something new. And an idea based on Romans 4 entered my head. It didn’t take long for this to emerge:
Out of the Grave
Words & Music by Tim Gallant March 9/08Abram was old and Sarah was barren
Their bodies were cold their future in question
Years they had passed but Abram held fast
Receiving by faith a life from the grave
This is what Yahweh still counts a righteous responseOut of the grave and into the garden
Died for our shames raised for our pardon
This is just God at His Word
This is the life of the worldThe unlikely son is born and is “laughter”
Things that are not are spoken and happen
The God we believe His Word we receive
The promise is strong give glory to God
This is what Yahweh still counts a righteous responseOut of the grave….
The truth is that both the lyrics and the tune are relatively simple, so writing wasn’t an involved process. I’m going to try to get a rough version recorded this evening, so I can have a tune outline preserved. I need to find some AA batteries for my music computer mouse first, though….