I wrote the main refrain of 'Christ Abides' during a very busy

season in 2021 amidst working, planning a wedding, and continuing

to write and plan releases. I would try and ignore the growing weariness I felt, feeling as though I didn't have the time to manage it. 

 

After sitting down at the piano one afternoon to let my thoughts rest for a moment, I felt the Holy Spirit prompt me to sing 'I have the mind of Christ.' 

His revelation began to flow: I have been made one with Christ, raised up with Him to heavenly places, and my thoughts and inner world should now conform to the reality of Jesus.  I have access to His peace, His assurance, and His soundness of mind in any given moment. This chorus became a simple refrain that I sang over myself in moments all throughout the year when I felt overwhelmed.

 

It was something I always knew in my head, but became a truth that altered the state of my heart: Christ abides with me. 

 

The words of the ever-abiding spirit of God take the voice in the bridge of this song, drawing from Isaiah 40:31

Those who hope in the Lord
   will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
   they will run and not grow weary,
   they will walk and not be faint.

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To be raised up on the wings of an eagle is to soar far above the buffeting winds, and instead catch the rising current. It is to have a new, higher perspective, where all of the noise and chaos below is brought to stillness and silence. 

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My prayer is that as you listen to this song, the peace and presence of Jesus surrounds you and refreshes your weary soul.