Psalm 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
This song rests in that promise - that healing is still possible.
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Behind This Song
This song was written from a place where words were hard to find and sorrow was easier to carry than explain. It makes room for bringing brokenness to God without dressing it up.
What emerged was not a quick answer song, but a redemption song - one that trusts Jesus does not waste suffering and can still receive what feels empty in us.
It became a way of singing with open hands: if all we have to bring is pain, we can still bring that to the King of broken things.
Lyrics
What do I have to offer? What do I have to bring,
When my heart is filled with sorrow, and I can’t find a song to sing?
Every part of life feels heavy, my heart can’t take the weight
So what do I have to offer? What do I have to bring?
You are King of Broken Things, and You don’t waste anything
Your scars mark you redeemer of all our suffering
What do I have to offer? What do I have to bring,
When my spirit feels the Fall, and all the world’s a broken thing?
My hands, they feel so empty, my heart is overwhelmed.
What do I have to offer? I’ll bring my suffering
What do I have to offer?
My hands will lift this prayer, this song, “Redeem what has been broken.”
There is still a song to sing, even in our suffering
Songs of hope and songs of faith help my heart to see His face
Our hands are waiting to receive, our hearts wait in expectancy
Brokenness our offering, redemption spilling over me
Rooted in Scripture
From Writing to Release
- November192017
Release day
Released as a quiet offering of hope, sharing the song's trust that Jesus does not waste what is broken.
A Prayer
Jesus, when our hands feel empty and our hearts feel heavy, teach us again that You do not waste what is broken. Receive our sorrow, redeem what has been wounded, and let hope rise where suffering once had the final word. Make our lives a song of faith in Your healing love. Amen.
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