thank you for staying

I’ve got a thousand reasons I should’ve walked away Every wrong turn, every doubt, every selfish mistake I tried to carry heaven with my hands tied tight But You met me in the middle of another long night I was running out of faith, running out of breath You were steady as the sunrise, patient as my next step So thank You for staying when I pushed You away Thank You for mercy I didn’t earn that day For every time You whispered when I couldn’t hear For never giving up on me when I disappeared Yeah, I don’t have the words, but I’ll still say Jesus, thank You for staying You don’t love me less when I don’t get it right You don’t turn Your back when I’m losing the fight I’ve seen You make a table where the shame was loud Turn my broken hallelujah into something proud I was standing in the dark, asking if You cared You were already there Chorus So thank You for staying when I pushed You away Thank You for mercy I didn’t earn that day For every time You whispered when I couldn’t hear For never giving up on me when I disappeared Yeah, I don’t have the words, but I’ll still say Jesus, thank You for staying I should be a story of how someone walked away But You wrote forgiveness in the worst of my mistakes I’m still standing here because You never moved Every breath I have is proof Every breath is proof So I’ll thank You for the nights I thought You were gone For the prayers that barely made it past my lungs If grace is a river, I was too afraid to move But You stepped in the water first And pulled me through So thank You for staying when I pushed You away Thank You for mercy I didn’t earn that day For every time You whispered when I couldn’t hear For never giving up on me when I disappeared Yeah, I don’t have the words, but I’ll still say Jesus, thank You for staying I don’t have the words, but I’ll still say Jesus, thank You… for staying