Room At The Altar

The music's getting softer

The room is holding still

Someone's giving an invitation Asking if there's one more heart to yield

I hear the words I've heard a hundred times "Come just as

you are"

And tonight I finally wonder

If that invitation's meant for my heart

I've spent so long believing I had to make myself okay

Before I could come before You

Before I could say Your name But You never asked me to

be worthy

You never asked me to pretend

You only left the door wide open

And called me to come in

This is the invitation of grace

Come with your questions Come with your shame Come with the tears

you couldn't explain

Come with the faith that's barely awake You don't have to fix

yourself

You don't have to know what to say There's room at the

altar

For you just as you are today

This is the invitation of grace Not a reward you have to

earn

Not a promise that you'll never hurt Just the open arms of

Jesus who says "Come home to Me again" Maybe I don't walk

the aisle Maybe I just close my eyes Maybe my surrender looks

like Finally admitting I'm tired

Maybe the prayer I've been afraid to pray Is simply,

"Jesus, help"

Maybe grace was never asking For more than bringing You myself I've

heard that I should have more faith I've wondered if I'm doing

enough

But You have never measured mercy

By how strong I think I am

If you can't lift your hands Come anyway

If you can't find the words Come anyway If you're angry,

if you're hurting

If you're tired of being strong If you don't know what believing

means Just come

Come with your questions Come with your pain

Come with the pieces You can't rearrange

Come with your trembling

Come with your doubt

Grace isn't waiting For you to figure it out This is the

invitation of grace Come with your questions Come with

your shame Come with the tears you couldn't explain Come with the

faith that's barely awake

You don't have to fix yourself You don't have to know what

to say There's room at the altar

For you just as you are today And if tomorrow finds you

broken

There's an invitation still

The altar isn't only for the moment Grace will meet you where

you will This is the invitation of grace The door is open

The price is paid

You don't have to earn your way Into the arms that called

your name So I came without an answer

I came without a plan

I came with empty hands (empty hands) And grace said,

"That's enough."