Love this! Both mother and father expressing their feelings of regret, and together laying down their guilt, anger, and blame at God’s feet…. Beautiful!
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I Lay it Down
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A duet of forgiveness between a couple with an abortion in their past.
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I Lay it Down
I Lay it Down
Words & Music by Steve Siler
The abortion was a wound to our souls
A part of us died on that day
Like a dried flower pressed between the pages of a book
The life was gone but somehow it remained
It had to be somebody’s fault
How could I make such a mistake?
I’ve been so angry both at you and at myself
I guess we both share in the blame
Now I lay it down
Lay it all at God’s feet
All my anger with you
All my anger with me
I give up on believing blame turns anything around
It won’t
So I lay it down
It might have been another way
But I just couldn’t see it then
Looking back on our lives and all that led up to that day
Understanding is where healing can begin
So I lay it down
Lay it all at God’s feet
All my anger with you
All my anger with me
I give up on believing blame turns anything around
It won’t
So I lay it down
The condemnation we hold on to keeps us in the past
and no amount of punishing will bring the moment back
Oh…
So I lay it down
Lay it all at God’s feet
All my anger with you
All my anger with me
Mercy can bring healing, that’s the choice I’m making now
Letting go
I lay it down
I’m letting go
Now I lay it down
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