The Tomb: Because He Lives (Amen)
Song: Because He Lives (Amen)
Artist: Matt Maher
Artist: Matt Maher
The Tomb Read and Ponder:
When has Jesus helped you find comfort during difficult times? - When I lost my sweet dog. When I lost both my grandparents. When I was afraid of doing something I knew I couldn't handle and He provided another way for me to get through it. When my siblings left on missions. He comforts me all of the time, whether I recognize it or not. It can be in the form of a great song, the sun shining, getting a good nights rest, having a good conversation or just feeling content. He truly gives me strength when I feel I have nothing left. I am trying to acknowledge that more fully and thank Him for it more regularly.
Additional songs for this sacred Easter Weekend.
Wide Awake
This song doesn't necessarily correlate with a specific verse of scripture but I think it is so beautiful. It's from the perspective of Peter after Christ's death. I'm sure Peter was trying to process his grief and figure out how to move on without Him. This song is an example of Peter's possible reflections on the teachings and experiences he shared with the Savior and how he desires to continue to follow the example Jesus set and the way He taught them to be.
I’m wide awake
No sleep tonight
With heavy heart through darkness I
Climb this mountain high
This solid rock beneath my feet
My Savior I will ever be
Leading thy lambs, feeding thy sheep
And as I see the face of this sunrise
Oh how I wish I’d stayed awake that night
When the Son of Man with this world to save
Asked me to stay
Master forevermore, I’m wide awake
It’s been two days
Since we have laid
Your body down in Joseph’s tomb, a sorrowed grave
My heart is torn, near rent in twain
Like the temple veil on Golgotha’s day
But I am here come what may
As I see the face of this sunrise
Oh how I wish I’d stayed awake that night
When the Son of Man with this world to save
Asked me to stay
Master forevermore, I’m wide awake
As I see the face of this sunrise
Oh how I wish I’d stayed awake that night
When the Son of Man with this world to save
Asked me to stay
Master forevermore, I’m wide awake
What A Saint Should Be
This song is much more upbeat and uplifting and came to mind after reading the above verses in John! As I try to think about and remember the teachings of the Savior daily, I will be living the way He wants to me to live. Which is how "a saint should be!"
There are some
Who beat a different drum
And they’ll lean into the winds of any storm
Even when it roars in a downpour
Stand on the rooftops to shout it out loud
Or rescue a neighbor who’s lost out in the crowd
The kind of faith the darkness just can’t shake
And they’ll stand by His side
One day in the courts on High
Reminding me what a Saint should be…Whoa
On the rock they stand their ground
Until the last trumpet sounds
Reminding me what Saint should be
Whoa, whoa
Three lives spent
As fishermen
Three words said
And straightway they dropped their nets
Forever after, following the Master
And they’ll stand by His side
Some sweet day in the courts on High
Reminding me what a Saint should be…Whoa
On the rock they stand their ground
Until the last trumpet sounds
Reminding me what Saint should be
Whoa, whoa
And I’ve seen the look in their eyes
As they stand and testify
Reminding me what a Saint should be…whoa
Lightening in the words they speak
Shake my heart and make me weep
Reminding me what a Saint should be
Reminding me what Saint should be
Whoa, whoa
Another uplifting, beautiful, worshipful, inspiring song from my man Matt Maher!
"Amen, Amen I’m alive, I’m alive because He lives! Amen, Amen let my song join the one that never ends! Because He lives!" 🙏
I believe in the Son
I believe in the risen One
I believe I overcome
By the power of His blood
Amen, Amen
I’m alive, I’m alive
Because He lives
Amen, Amen
Let my song join the one that never ends
Because He lives
I was dead in the grave
I was covered in sin and shame
I heard mercy call my name
He rolled the stone away
Amen, Amen
I’m alive, I’m alive
Because He lives
Amen, Amen
Let my song join the one that never ends
Because He lives
I can face tomorrow
Because He lives
Every fear is gone
I know He holds my life my future in His hands
Amen, Amen
I’m alive, I’m alive
Because He lives
Amen, Amen
Let my song join the one that never ends
Amen, Amen
I’m alive, I’m alive
Because He lives
Amen, Amen
Let my song join the one that never ends
Because He lives
Because He lives
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