Carolyn SparrowBroughton I will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me. Psalm 13:6 These songs have blossomed out of thoughts and realizations from years of living a cross-cultural, transient life. I’ve recorded a few songs in the past, but this is my first original album on this scale, and even just agreeing with God to start the process was So I sit down, with my pencil Moving again, and I’m questioning a huge step of faith. I recorded the whole thing when I was nine months pregnant And an empty notebook page How to find rest in this sojourning with our daughter, Ruby Grace. The title track especially captures my relief at being And I smile as I write down I just don’t have the strength able to tuck my most precious treasures - my children - under God’s wings and trust All the ways I see Your grace You say I am blessed if I trust in You Him to be our home. My prayer as you listen is that God Himself will draw near and A child’s smile, a bird in flight You say I am blessed if my strength is in You speak to your heart, and that His presence and peace will become tangibly yours. The shape of trees against the sky But I’m traveling, traveling The smell of spring, the endless sea And it’s hard to see Your hand Carolyn Broughton A friend to share a cup of tea Even the swallow finds a nest The fragile moon, the sound of rain Where she may lay her young So we do not lose heart The way a loved one says my name Even the sparrow finds a home Tent Though outwardly wasting away Each simple gift, each little thing At the altars of the Living God 2 Cor. 4:16-5:9 So we do not lose heart Reveals Your love to me We’re being renewed day by day I am Your sparrow In1 this tent we groan, this is not our home So I’m counting all the ways You love me And I’ll make You my home We’re just a-passing through And this slight, momentary affliction Counting all Your gifts I will live in You Sojourners, me and you Is preparing for us I’m counting all the ways You tell me Tuck my treasures underneath Your wings In this tent we groan, waiting for our home An eternal weight of glory I was made for this: You’ll be my roof Waiting, longing Beyond compare... To live within Your love My walls, windows and floor For a house not made with hands You’ll be my permanence You are here, God, I can feel You My white picket fence Moment by moment One Thousand I can touch You with my hand And my backyard swing We build on what was laid 2 Gifts In the middle of each moment The foundation whose name is Jesus Christ inspired by Ann Voskamp’s You are the Great I AM From place to place all over this globe Now we see dimly, but when it’s face to face book by the same name You’ve led us far and wide How will we answer for our lives? And I sometimes feel the strain For we walk by faith, not by sight Are you there, God? I can’t hear You But I’m holding on to Your promises Are You whispering to me? Sparrow Holding on to what You said This is not our home In the middle of this messy life Psalm 84 That those who give up everything Our lives are but a breath Draw near and speak to me 3 Will receive a hundredfold It will all pass away, so every single day To me, a white picket fence symbolizes We can choose to build with gold Cause I’m counting all the ways You love Me security and an ideal home, and a For a day in Your courts is better than Or choose to build with hay Counting all Your gifts backyard swing is one of the little added A thousand anywhere else Hay will burn, but gold will remain I’m counting all the ways I see You touches you can have if you live in Bless me as I live one place. God is all of that for us! You are the Living God Each moment in Your love Then will I lift my eyes Teach me the song of the Redeemed Are you anxious what shall be tomorrow? Perfect Peace To the Maker of the skies That I might stand and sing to broken hearts Tell it to Jesus Isaiah 26:3-4 To the One who said Lead me through that lonely place 4 “I’ll never leave your side” That I might weep with those who weep Are you troubled at the thought of dying? You keep him in perfect peace And wipe every tear from their eyes Tell it to Jesus Whose mind is stayed on You For Christ’s coming Kingdom are you sighing? For he trusts in You Song of the So try me in my arrogance Break me of my pride Tell it to Jesus Trust in the Lord 6 Redeemed Sear away my selfishness He will never leave you alone Our God is an everlasting rock written in 2005, in the desert town Burn away the lies He will comfort you in His arms Keep us in perfect peace where I studied the language and Meet me in your holiness Tell it to Jesus alone Forever culture of the people group we love Teach me to abide You went through fire for me Woo me with your tenderness Holy Is His Name Everywhere You walked through thorns for me ‘Til I am broken inside I wove this song out of phrases from You let the vultures gather 8Mary’s Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55) in the 5 You Send Me As your throat dried to a croak Tell it to Jesus language of the people group with whom dedicated to my teammates from You loved me with your gasps song lyrics written by we live and work. Here is the English CTF 2003, and to everyone who And with your groans 7 Jeremiah Rankin in 1828 back-translation, as close as I can make it. helped create the album “Come” So I will wrap my tongue around Are you weary? Are you heavy-hearted? The Mighty God has accomplished for me This brief season of time This foreign speech Tell it to Jesus Great and marvelous things Is not for me to call mine I will get up every morning The vows He made He held in His mind The timing is for You to decide And worship You, my King Are you grieving over joys departed? And showed mercy to me And me to follow, blind In the darkness I will set my face as flint Tell it to Jesus All the things they ask I cannot see the way And I will not be ashamed Do the tears flow down your cheeks unbidden? He gives to those in need But I can hear You say Tell it to Jesus “Your hand belongs in Mine— On my knees I wait... Loving-kindness forever He shows I’ll lead the way” Teach me the song of the Redeemed Have you sins that to others’ eyes are hidden? Holy is His name Tell it to Jesus So I’ll follow You to the end of the road That I might stand and sing to broken hearts From my heart, I exalt my Lord! And I’ll trust Your heart to never let me go Lead me through that lonely place Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus, From my heart, I exalt my Lord! And I’ll wait for You as You lead me home That I might weep with those who weep He’s a friend like you’ve never known My Savior God great things has done Everywhere You send me I will go You satisfy my thirst in a dry and barren land Tell it to Jesus alone And my heart rejoices When I don’t understand In You I find relief from all my fears Do you fear the gath’ring clouds of sorrow? Loving-kindness forever He shows The corners of Your plan You cover me with goodness Tell it to Jesus Holy is His name When the waves are crashing over my head Like the rain upon the sand And I cannot feel Your hand In You I find the strength that dries my tears I’m just the shape, You are the substance We breathe, we worship Sometimes I lose my patience I’m the clay pot, You are the oil We love, we worship And I say things I don’t mean Kite The blood pumps through our veins Sometimes it’s all I can do to keep my Isaiah 41:13, 42:5, 64:8 I am the kite, You are the wind 9 Blow into me, I’ll go where You send And our beating hearts keep praising Head above the rushing stream I’m just the shape, You are the substance We laugh, we worship So I slow down, catch my breath I’m the clay pot, You are the oil For thus says the Lord We cry, we worship Who knows each star by name Count Your graces again I am the lantern, You are the light We wait for love, we long for home As I turn around, look You full in the face Shine out through me, into the night I am the Potter, and you are the clay We live - we worship So do not fear, for I have called you by name You fill my cup to the brim I’m alabaster, You’re the perfume We pay the bills, we watch a movie With Your sweet water Break me wide open I am your Keeper, I hold your right hand Wherever you go We cook our dinner, welcome friends So Your scent fills the room We send our money and offer prayer I am the kite, You are the wind Who am I to say to the One who made me Sit with a lonely heart in Jesus’ name Hoopoe Blow into me, I’ll go where You send hoo·poe / ˈhoo͞ ˌpō/ a salmon-pink Eurasian “Your plan look s crazy”? We pour out hopes and fears and longings 12bird with a long down-curved bill, a large For thus says the Lord If I’m only clay, then the One who made me We create with colors, flavors and words crest, and black and white wings and tail Maker of heaven and earth Has the right to use me We call these things “living” I saw a bird this morning I will not leave, I will not leave you alone So shine out through me, into the night But if the Spirit of the Living God So do not fear, for what can man do to you? Flashing zebra wings Break me wide open Lives inside of you Crested head, cinnamon breast Be of good courage, I will be with you So Your scent fills the room Then your living is your worship too Wherever you go Blow into me, I am Your kite A fragile, wild thing I’ll go where you send me So whatever we do in word or deed He was pecking for his breakfast I know You’ll be with me Do it all in Jesus’ Name In the grasses by the stream Wherever I go Then everything we do and say And his darting plumage made my heart sing Will be a sacrifice of praise I once was in a hovel A ragged, dirty place Life Is Worship Sweet Water Visiting a humble soul 10lyrics inspired by Emily Freeman’s book “If a sudden jar can cause me to speak With poverty in her face Grace for the Good Girl, published by 11an impatient, unloving word, then I And there I saw in a corner Revell, a division of Baker Publishing know nothing of Calvary love.