This week has been amazing! And difficult, thoughts have been racing around my mind and songs haven’t stayed in my mind. But yet in the midst of all this internal confusion one single line from a song was able to resonate with me, not just once, but twice. The line comes from The Hurt & The Healer by MercyMe from The Hurt & The Healer (2012).

Just keep my eyes completely fixed on You, that was the line that clearly spoke to me twice in the past few days. It’s in the second verse, fourth line.

Why?
The question that is never far away,
The healing doesn’t come from the explained,
Jesus please don’t let this go in vain,
You’re all I have, all that remains…

So here I am,
What’s left of me,
Where glory meets my suffering…

I’m alive,
Even though a part of me has died,
You take my heart and breathe it back to life,
I’ll fall into Your arms open wide,
When the hurt and the healer collide.

Breathe,
Sometimes I feel it’s all that I can do,
Pain so deep that I can hardly move,
Just keep my eyes completely fixed on You,
Lord take hold and pull me through…

It’s the moment when humanity,
Is overcome by majesty,
When grace is ushered in for good,
And all our scars are understood,
When mercy takes its rightful place,
And all these questions fade away,
When out of the weakness we must bow,
And hear You say it’s over now.

Jesus come and break my fear,
Awake my heart and take my tears,
Find Your glory even here,
When the hurt and the healer collide.

I found comfort hard to find this last week, and this line was really hard to do at the time. Yet now as I listen thoroughly to the song I feel the emotions and pain throughout the song. I know it wasn’t meant to be easy, and I know it’s only going to get harder.

The Hurt  & The Healer – MercyMe