Broken Hallelujah

With my love and my sadness

I come before you Lord

My heart’s in a thousand pieces

Maybe even more

Yet I trust in this moment

You’re with me somehow

And you’ve always been faithful

So Lord even now

When all that I can sing

Is a broken hallelujah

When my only offering

Is shattered praise

Still a song of adoration

Will rise up from these ruins

And I will worship You

And give You thanks

Even when my only praise

Is a broken Hallelujah

Oh Father, You have given

Much more than I deserve

And I have felt Your hand of blessing

On me at every turn

How could I doubt your goodness,

Your wisdom, Your grace

Oh Lord, hear my heart

In this painful place

When all that I can sing

Is a broken hallelujah

When my only offering

Is shattered praise

Still a song of adoration

Will rise up from these ruins

And I will worship You

And give You thanks

Even when my only praise

Is a broken hallelujah

I lift my voice

Your spirit moves

I lift my hands

I reach for You

‘Cause all that I can sing

Is a broken hallelujah

And my only offering

Is shattered praise

Still a song of adoration

Will rise up from these ruins

And I will worship You

And give You thanks

Even when my only praise

Is a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah!

I love this song, because it speaks to me, and should speak to other believers about worshipping God. We worship Him because He is faithful, because He is true, because He loves us… we don’t base our worship of God on who we are or what this world has afforded us. Our praise should be in direct correlation with who God is. As the song says, “even if all I have is a broken hallelujah, I will worship You and give You thanks”- God is who He says He is, and who He is, is worthy of praise. Nothing should ever deter our minds from that or bring doubt to the forefront of our minds. We are loved by an awesome God, He knows our pains, our afflictions, our fears, our desires, our needs; He knows our deepest points, and He loves us and He calls us just the same- and that is worthy of giving Him all that we can and praising His name every second of every day. He is constant and unchanging. Because of who He is, He deserves our praise!!

Hallelujah.

Isaiah 44:6

This is what the Lord says- Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God.

Deuteronomy 7:9

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.