Closer Than My Breathing

Lord, I don’t come with perfect words tonight. I come with the pieces of my heart. The tired places. The quiet battles. The prayers I whispered when nobody heard me. But You heard me. You were closer than the pain. Closer than the fear. Closer than my breathing. When the night feels long and heavy And my prayers fall to the floor When my heart forgets the promise That You have carried me before You are not far in the silence You are not lost inside the storm You are the hand beneath my weakness The mercy keeping me warm Before I knew how to call Your name You were already here Before my tears could find the ground You were already near You are closer than my breathing Nearer than the morning light Holding every broken piece of me Through the valley, through the night You are faithful in the waiting You are steady when I fall Lord, You are closer than my breathing And You are Lord of all I have tried to hide from mercy I have covered up my shame But Your love came through the darkness And called me by my name Not with anger, not with distance Not with judgment in Your eyes But with arms that opened wider Than the fear I kept inside *[Pre-Chorus]* Before I had the strength to stand You were lifting me Before I saw the road ahead You were leading me You are closer than my breathing Nearer than the morning light Holding every broken piece of me Through the valley, through the night You are faithful in the waiting You are steady when I fall Lord, You are closer than my breathing And You are Lord of all And even when I thought I was alone, You were there. In the room. In the silence. In the tears I didn’t know how to explain. You didn’t wait for me to be strong. You came close while I was weak. You didn’t wait for me to find my way home. You became the way home. In the fire, You are with me In the waters, I am held In the silence, You are speaking In my weakness, You are strength When I cannot see the sunrise Still I know Your heart is true Every moment, every heartbeat I am carried, Lord, by You You never left me You never failed me You never turned Your face away You still restore me You still call me Your child, beloved, saved by grace You are closer than my breathing Nearer than the morning light Holding every broken piece of me Through the valley, through the night You are faithful in the waiting You are steady when I fall Lord, You are closer than my breathing And You are Lord of all Closer than my breathing Closer than my song Closer than the fear in me Your love has held me all along Lord, You are closer Closer than I know So I will breathe again. I will trust again. I will lift my eyes again. Because You are not far away. You are here. You are close. You are Lord of all.