Redeemed

Definition of REDEEM (From Merriam Webster)

1

a : to buy back : repurchase

b : to get or win back

2

: to free from what distresses or harms: as

a : to free from captivity by payment of ransom

b : to extricate from or help to overcome something detrimental

c : to release from blame or debt : clear

d : to free from the consequences of sin

3

: to change for the better : reform

4

: repair, restore

Redeemed

(click title to hear song)

from the album Love Come To Life

Big Daddy Weave

 image courtesy of bejim at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Seems like all I could see was the struggle

Haunted by ghosts that lived in my past

Bound up in shackles of all my failures

Wondering how long is this gonna last

Then You look at this prisoner and say to me 

“Son, stop fighting a fight that's already been won”

(Chorus)

I am redeemed

You set me free

So I'll shake off theses heavy chains

And wipe away every stain 

Now I'm not who I used to be

I am redeemed

I am redeemed

All my life I have been called unworthy

Named by the voice of my shame and regret

But when I hear You whisper, “Child lift up your head”

I remember oh God, You're not done with me yet

Chorus

I don't have to be 

The old man inside of me

'Cause his day is long dead and gone

Because I've got a new name

A new life I'm not the same

And a hope that will carry me home