📀 507-You Gave Me Courage to Forgive Myself

[Verse 1] I couldn’t face You I couldn’t say Your name I carried what I’d done And covered it with shame Rumor said I was guilty Maybe some of it was true But I had judged myself so hard I was afraid to come to You [Pre-Chorus] I thought regret meant punishment I thought I had to stay that way But You never asked me to hate myself You only asked me not to hide away [Chorus] You gave me courage to forgive myself When I couldn’t let the past go Your love was louder than my shame When shame was all I seemed to know You never told me I was perfect You never said the wrong was right You gave me courage to forgive myself And walk into a different life [Verse 2] I thought I had to fix it all Before I came back home But You already knew the truth And still You called me close You didn’t make my worst mistake The only thing You saw You showed me I could face myself Without being destroyed by what I’d done [Bridge] I can’t erase yesterday I can’t rewrite every choice But I don’t have to keep condemning The person hearing Your voice I can say that I was wrong And still believe I can change Your mercy gave me room to breathe And courage to begin again [Final Chorus] You gave me courage to forgive myself When I thought I had gone too far Your love was louder than my shame And met me right where I was You never told me I was perfect You simply never let me go You gave me courage to forgive myself And finally start to grow [Outro] Your love was louder than my shame You gave me courage to forgive myself