A time for renewal

I heard this Brian Houston song for the first time this week. I think the words are bleeding with vulnerability and with raw honesty. It's a cry for renewal. And when God's people cry out... he listens.


I am the one with the unclean lips
I am the one whose mind is jaded
I am the one with the impure heart
and all my innocence is faded.

Wash me clean in your river of mercy
restore my soul by a clear blue stream... renew me again.

I am the one whose walk is faithless
I am the one who walks away
I am the one whose debts are many
and I am the one who cannot pay -- wash me clean.

You are the lord who is my fortress, you are the lord who is my hope.
You are the lord who is my refuge... the only safe place for my soul.

Wash me clean in your river of mercy... restore my soul... renew me again