Rise Up by Ben Shive

I don't remember knowing the struggles of so many. Our church has lost two children under six in the last three months. We've lost men and women. Some to horrible accidents, others to cancer. It doesn't matter how death comes, it's always ugly.

I've talked to numerous friends who are struggling with family, marriage, and church issues. On top of it all, we've been at war for almost seven years. We hear about a slumping economy daily.

When Rebecca emailed me about a four year old who lost a battle with a brain tumor last week my heart sank. My first thought was, I don't have any sadness left. As that fog began to lift I began to feel more and more of the fall. We are surrounded by so many evil and horrible realities. It seems like death, divorce, disease, and sin are winning and gaining momentum.

They are not.

This song has become my current favorite. It is too good to even comment on. To buy the whole album, click here.

Rise Up by Ben Shive

Every stone that makes you stumble
and cuts you when you fall
Every serpent here that strikes your heel
to curse you when you crawl
The king of love one day will crush them all

And every sad seduction and every clever lie
Every word that woos and wounds the pilgrim children of the sky
The king of love will break them by and by

And you will rise up in the end
You will rise up in the end
I know the night is cruel
but the day is coming soon
And you will rise up in the end

If the thief had to come to plunder when the children were alone
If he ravaged every daughter and murdered every son
Would not their father see this? Would not his anger burn?
And would he not repay the tyrant in the day of his return?
Oh, wait. Oh, wait the day of his return

Cause he will rise up in the end
He will rise up in the end
I know you need a Savior
He is patient in his anger
And he will rise up in the end

And when the stars come crashing to the sea
and the high and mighty fall down on their knees
When you see the Son descending in the sky
the chains of death will fall around your feet

You will rise up in the end
you will rise up in the end
You will rise up in the end