Lighting Up the Darkness (1.20x)

[Verse 1] I was lost in darkness trying to break free Your word was a lamp and light coming to my mind You saw me as You made me You made me to be I was searching deeply but would I ever find You were teaching me in silence in the places I have been In the lessons I kept falling falling into sin In the guilt that kept on rising every time I fell again You were shining through the darkness calling me to rise and then [Pre Chorus] You held me through the shadows when I thought I’d lose my way You whispered through the silence Child I’m teaching you each day You lifted up my spirit when my strength had slipped away And You showed me in the darkness what Your light was meant to say [Chorus] You were teaching me in darkness when I couldn’t see the way You were shaping every moment turning night into the day You were lifting up my spirit when my hope had slipped away You were lighting up the darkness in my life from day to day [Verse 2] I was learning in the classroom what the Scriptures taught me first How to test the things before me how to separate the worst How to question every doctrine when the answers felt rehearsed Still I wondered in the silence if my heart was blessed or cursed Adult life became a burden with the sins I couldn’t shake Every fall became a cycle every rise another ache I kept trying to escape it thinking distance I could make But You held me in the shadows saying Child I won’t forsake [Pre Chorus] You held me through the shadows when I thought I’d lose my way You whispered through the silence Child I’m teaching you each day You lifted up my spirit when my strength had slipped away And You showed me in the darkness what Your light was meant to say [Chorus] You were teaching me in darkness when I couldn’t see the way You were shaping every moment turning night into the day You were lifting up my spirit when my hope had slipped away You were lighting up the darkness in my life from day to day [Bridge] Like the dawning of the morning shining more and more each day You were guiding every footstep when I struggled just to pray You were breaking through the shadows with a light that would not fade And You taught me through the darkness how Your perfect day is made [Final Chorus] You were teaching me in darkness when I couldn’t see the way You were shaping every moment turning night into the day You were lifting up my spirit when my hope had slipped away You were lighting up the darkness in my life from day to day