The Song: “Grace Found Me”
Use the player below to listen to “Grace Found Me? from Rich Kirkpatrick‘s album Drink the Divine.
Story Behind “Grace Found Me”
From Rich Kirkpatrick: I wrote the five songs for my EP that “Grace Found Me” comes from in the context of being a worship leader and worshiper. What is true religion and how does that come across in what we sing to God? My journey is not complete, but I am learning that much of what I thought was “true” was just a hollow piety, starving my life from the one who is my life. Jesus. I hope you discover with me the sacred place where the help that we need exists. Grace.
Brennan Manning, a beloved author and speaker, repeated in his memoir All Is Grace this idea that “grace found me”. God loves us for who we are today, not what we think we should be. It is from that love that we follow. It is the riches of his love blessing us and kindess reaching us that turns us to God. Our efforts do not earn. In pondering the book by Manning, I wrote this song. I sure hope it can encourage others to see how much God has already blessed us–even in our brokenness. Sometimes, especially in our brokenness.
Song Lyrics
In the dark of doubt, I’m closer to good news
For it takes a broken heart
To finally hear the truth
A prodigal I am, reaching for the father’s hand
Grace, grace you found me
From my shame now I’m set free
Grace, grace you saved me
From my blindness now I can see, grace
I see grace
Your favor can’t be earned
My efforts fall in vain
For I have a broken heart
And, I’m the one to blame
A prodigal I am, reaching for the father’s hand
Grace, grace you found me
From my shame now I’m set free
Grace, grace you saved me
From my blindness now I can see, grace
I see grace
Rich Kirkpatrick Bio
Rich is a family man, blogger, musician, worship leader, pastor who loves espresso, social media & life-changing conversation. His blog, Rich Kirkpatrick’s Weblog (or RKWeblog.com) has been in the top 50 Christianity blogs for the past several years, recently winning “Best Religion Blog 2012″ by World Media Awards, and “Editors Pick” for best blogs by Worship Leader Magazine. Rich hosts a podcast for worship leaders and worshipers at http://worshipmythbusters.com where the goal is to help debunk myths or ways of thinking we hold on to that get in the way of our worship and liturgy.
As a songwriter, Rich brings his pastoral experience, artistic training, and years of local church work to the table. He has been an effective worship leader, songwriter, blogger and pastor serving the local church. His music, deep in theology and musically cinematic, comes from the context of leading worship. Modern worship music today has the potential to tell stories, express our creeds, and bridge the generations but rarely dares to go there. Rich’s music strives to do this against the odds. In “Drink the Divine” Rich artistically explores telling the story of history, experience, and grace with the worshiper of today.
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The Album: Drink the Divine
Drink the Divine by artist Rich Kirkpatrick
