Unseen

Maker of the galaxies
Author of our heartbeats
Now Your Spirit intercedes
In weakness we seek You

Marked by Your redemption
Living in Your freedom
In the valley and the shadow
We aren’t lost to Your love

This is when hope is unseen and beautiful
Oh my soul, wait on the Lord
His peace is worth more than any win of this world
Oh my soul, take Him at His word

In the power that You give
Even death is not defeat
You turn hopelessness and sorrow
To eternal victory

This is when hope is unseen and beautiful
Oh my soul, wait on the Lord
His peace is worth more than any win of this world
Oh my soul, take Him at His word

So fix our eyes on the unseen
Where Your grace restores everything
And joyful we await the day when we’ll see You face to face
This is when hope is unseen
And we believe what You say

chorus

(c) Rorie 2022


 Resonate

On my own I had no faith, no place to rest
Just a complicated past and a goal to do my best
Even when I tried the world kept crashing down
Til You led me from sinking sand to solid ground

Let hope rise in this place
And hallelujahs resonate
Death has no power in Your name
Jesus, the one who saves
You are the one who saves

We could not repair the damage that was made
Your holiness so powerful, our brokenness so great
Even then redemption entered on the scene
A story being written to set captives free

Let hope rise in this place
And hallelujahs resonate
Death has no power in Your name
Jesus, the one who saves
You are the one who saves

Hallelujah, let it resonate x4

What shame declared as hopeless
Your promise overcame
You bore it on the cross, standing in my place
And in the quiet hour, the grave could not contain
Your resurrection power,
All glory to Your name

Hallelujah, let it resonate x4

Let hope rise in this place
And hallelujahs resonate
Death has no power in Your name
Jesus, the one who saves
You are the one who saves

(c) Rorie 2020


Glory, Glory (a Time Like This)

Don’t know what it would be like
To be a shepherd in the field that night
But I know what it feels like to be afraid
If it was a time like this
Hunger, greed, and hopelessness
It must’ve been a sorry state when You were born

I lift my eyes, see the star
Know Your love is never far
Though the world feels broken as my heart
I’ll sing glory, glory to the King

Don’t know what it would be like
To be a mother on the road that night
But I know it must’ve felt like such a risk
And the moment You arrived
Hope, power, righteousness
How the angel choirs sang when You were born

I lift my eyes, see the star
Know Your love is never far
Though the world feels broken as my heart
I’ll sing glory, glory to the King

Hope is here, glory glory!
The Savior of the world
Born to rise again
Peace has come for weary souls
The Savior of the world reigns forever

I lift my eyes, see the star
Know Your love is never far
And Your light still shines through broken hearts,
And I’ll sing glory, glory to the King

(c) Rorie 2020


Mourning into Dancing

You’re turning mourning into dancing
And there’s a garden in the wasteland
Sing His praise and don’t be silent
Turning mourning into dancing

You don’t just save by ninety degrees
You’re the full one-eighty
There’s joy in the depths that I thought
Was left back then I’m overwhelmed
By Your goodness and mercy
Like the first sign of spring

You’re turning mourning into dancing
And there’s a garden in the wasteland
Sing His praise and don’t be silent
Turning mourning into dancing

I’ve got memorial stones, marking time
Brought from death to life, reborn and alive
And what was lost in the dead of night
Is a miracle revived

Turning mourning into dancing
And there’s a garden in the wasteland
Sing His praise and don’t be silent
Turning mourning into dancing

Dancing, there’s a garden in the wasteland
Sing His praise and don’t be silent
Turning mourning into dancing

(c) Rorie 2022


Still Small Voice

I don’t have the perfect words
I just know who You are
And You have never left me alone

In all the noise surrounding
What to do what to believe
Find myself here on my knees, listening

After the fire, after the storm
There was a still small voice
There is deliverance and peace
In Your still small voice

Even when I run away, try to hide in my dismay
You are always one step ahead
Strongholds don’t stand a chance
When I thought it was the end
You brought me back where hope begins

After the fire, after the storm
There was a still small voice
There is deliverance and peace
In Your still small voice

You are all powerful, You are mighty
Holy God You alone are worthy
And You’re speaking so gently to my wayward heart

After the fire, after the storm
There was a still small voice
There is deliverance and peace
In Your still small voice
There is deliverance and peace in Your voice

(c) Rorie 2023

Hold Me Jesus

Written by Rich Mullins, cover collab with Maelah. Lyrics same as original!


Cry for Joy

This is a cry for joy
In a world that’s losing its glimmer
Woke up today, all was the same
But I’ll fight for what remains

This is a cry of repentance
Changing my mind in Your grace
I want to be part of the difference
Bring peace to this place

I’ll sing with the joy, deep in my heart
Though I lost some along the way
I still remember Your promise
And there my hope will stay

This is a call for wisdom
When we stand at the fork in the road
May the voice of truth be
Greater than all that deceives

I’ll sing with the joy, deep in my heart
Though I lost some along the way
I still remember Your goodness
And there my hope will stay

This is a song of freedom
You’re restoring the well in my soul
Filling up with wonder
Brokenness made whole

I’ll sing with the joy, deep in my heart
Though I lost some along the way
I still remember Your promise
And there my hope will stay
I still remember Your goodness
And there my hope will stay

(c) Rorie 2020

Nicodemus

Don’t wanna talk to You just on my time
What’s my time anyway?
Don’t mean to hide,
Got a lot of questions on my mind

Cause I saw You heal the outcast
And reach past all the walls I held in tact

I just want to know who You are
The great I Am, Healer and King
I just want to know Your truth
And believe

You said I’d see Your kingdom
When I was born again
And I tried to stop the lies I heard
From my own mouth and my friends’

I’ve got this reputation
Doesn’t matter in the end

I just want to know who You are
The great I Am, Healer and King
I just want to know Your truth
And believe

For God so loved the world He gave His life
That whoever believes in Him will never die
He did not come to condemn the world
But to save the world through Him

When we laid You in the tomb
The world was dark, the stone unmoved
Three days later You arose
No law can stop the light You compose

Now I know who You are
The great I Am, Healer and King
Now I know I’ve seen Your truth
And believe, and believe, and believe

(c) Rorie 2020

Night Watch

Awake again with no rest
Caught up in anxiety, and I’ve been here before
Search for truth in this dry land
In all that I don’t understand my soul thirsts for You

Through the watches of the night
I remember who You are
The Creator of all life doesn’t leave us in the wasteland
We’re held within Your hands

I’ve seen Your power and Your glory
And believe there’s more to come
A treasure that is still unfolding
So my heart and voice will praise You

Through the watches of the night
I remember who You are
The Creator of all life doesn’t leave us in the wasteland
We’re held within Your hands

And we will not fear, though the earth give way
And the mountains fall to the sea
Your peace surrounding

Because You are my help I sing, in the shadow of Your wings x4

Through the watches of the night
I remember who You are
The Creator of all life doesn’t leave us in the wasteland
We’re held within Your hands

Through the watches of the night (Because You are my help I sing)
I remember who You are (In the shadow of Your wings)
The Creator of all life doesn’t leave us in the dark (Because You are my help I sing)
We’re held within Your hands (In the shadow of Your wings)

(c) Rorie 2020

Headlines

All this news got me here in my room
Voices so loud and they all got “proof”
Look it up, wonder who I should trust
Try to hear them all out, but I did that once

And they say “follow your dreams and you’ll be good to go”
But then disappear when you need it most

And then I’m running back to You
Falling in Your arms I’ll never leave this time
Your love is better than I knew
Rescuing the world and it should make headlines

We don’t always see the good deeds, the heart change
Brave refugees, or when babies are born a miracle life
And those who run through flames so someone else can survive
And beautiful things happen all the time

So help me fix my eyes on You
Throwing off the weight and running to that line
Your love is better than I knew
Rescuing the world and it should make headlines

Cause they didn’t show the hospital bed
The lines on his face when he smiled and said
“You’re early in life, I’m at the end
Never stop singing of God’s love my friend”

And then You’re running straight for me
With the only truth that can restore my life
Your love is better than I knew
Rescuing the world and it should make headlines
Help me fix my eyes on You
Author of redemption and Creator of time
Your love is better than I knew
Rescuing the world and it should make headlines

(c) Rorie 2021

Dear Life

Birds on the roof, been there for days now
I’ve been feeding them all my fears how
I’ve been scared to leave this place
Rather stay where it feels safe

All this time You’ve been faithful
Redefining successful
Now I don’t know what I am doing
But heard Your voice call from the ruins

So I won’t be surprised if I take flight
Trusting that You’ll lead me right
I’ve been holding on, holding on for dear life

It’s time to feel the void beneath these wings
Stop complicating everything
The breakthrough of emergency
Leaving what I thought I’d need

Won’t be surprised if I take flight
Trusting that You’ll lead me right
I’ve been holding on, holding on for dear life

Like the eagle stirs the nest
From comfort zone to wilderness
Learning to fly

Chorus x2

(c) Rorie 2021


State of Heart (Epilogue)

I looked out to the world, my heart was distressed
All the aching reverberating through my chest
So I went back inside to save myself at best
But the emptiness in there left me lonely and depressed

And I know it’s not how life’s supposed to be
When I look up, oh, look to God I find rest
Finally my soul knows love that enters in the mess
Oh the state of my heart is a faulty test
Til I look to God only then I find rest

I looked out to the world (didn’t find it)
And I went back inside (was reminded)
The state of my heart is a faulty test
Til I look to God only then I find rest


(c) Rorie 2021