The Prodigal is the first track on Sovereign Grace Music’s CD Sons and Daughters.
I really don’t think it’s a congregational song, but it is an evocative composition which does give some sense of the joyous love that God has for His adoptive children.
Even though I posted this a few days ago I’m going to post it again. So those of you who looked at it in the feed reader or the front page can just keep on browsing.
Here are the lyrics:
You held out Your arms, I walked away
Insolent I spurned Your face
Squandering the gifts You gave to me
Holding close forbidden things
Destitute a rebel still, a fool in all my pride
The world I once enjoyed is death to me
No joy, no hope, no life
Where now are the friends, that I had bought
Gone with every penny lost
What hope could there be for such as I
Sold out to a world of lies
Oh, to see Your face again, it seems so distant now
Could it be that You would take me back
A servant in Your house
You held out Your arms, I see them still
You never left, You never will
Running to embrace me, now I know
Your cords of love will always hold
Mercy’s robe, a ring of grace
Such favor undeserved
You sing over me and celebrate
The rebel now Your child
© 2009 Sovereign Grace Worship (ASCAP).
Last week an animation of the song came to notice around the internet. Bob Kauflin, Director of Worship Development of Sovereign Grace Music (singer and songwriter) commended it on his blog. The animation was put together by Chris Powers, a recent graduate from Cedarville University in Ohio with a major in Video Production. He is clearly very talented.
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