Sometimes the lyrics of a song capture the cry of your heart better than you possibly could articulate it yourself...and Downhere has done a fantastic job of expressing both the hope, confusion, redemptive power, and overwhelming sense of inadequacy and insufficiency that are a part of the incredible privilege of walking with Jesus Christ. This song, "Here I Am," has blessed me so much during the past year:

Sometimes Your calling comes in dreams,
Sometimes it comes in the Spirit's breeze.
You reach for the deepest hope in me,
And call out for the things of eternity.

But I'm a man of dust and stains,
You move in me, so I can say:

Here I am. Lord, send me.
All of my life, I make an offering.
Here I am. Lord, send me.
Somehow my story is a part of Your plan,
Here I am.

When setbacks and failures, and upset plans
Test my faith and leave me with empty hands,
Are You not the closest when it's hardest to stand?
I know that You will finish what You began.

And these broken parts You will redeem
Become the song that I can sing:

Here I am. Lord, send me.
All of my life, I make an offering.
Here I am. Lord, send me.
Somehow my story is a part of Your plan,
Here I am.

Overwhelmed by the thought of my weakness
And the fear that I'll fail You in the end...
In this mess, I'm just one of the pieces,
I can't put this together—but You can.

So here I am. Lord, send me!
All of my life, I make an offering.
Here I am. Lord, send me.
Somehow my story is a part of Your plan...
Here I am.

Here I Am, all my life an offering to You, to You...
Somehow my story is a part of Your plan—
Here I am.