I’ve never been much of a songwriter. I have always wanted to be, and I have admired the way people are able to put together simple words to create the most beautiful, poetic phrases about faith, hope, love, and life. Over the last few years, I’ve felt God putting melodies and words into my heart. I’ve been trying to work up the courage to turn them into something. The words of the hymn Take My Life, though simple, have always been challenging and beautiful to me. One morning during an online church service, God breathed this new melody for these ancient words into my heart and it was almost completely effortless, as if He was sitting next to me and singing it over me. The words of the chorus, “I am Yours, even when the doubt sets in, even when I’m running in the opposite direction” expressed a feeling I was wrestling with in my own heart at the time. I know that feeling isolated and alone is something many people can resonate with after the last few years in the thick of the pandemic. I was feeling particularly low, and I was too busy being saddened by everything around me to run towards God (even though I should have) and instead, I kept running toward everything that only fed that sadness. This song is a real, raw reminder that we have doubts, that we make bad decisions, that we often get ourselves into dark times that seem hopeless; but God is always waiting there to remind us that we are held, we are known, we are His. We must be intentional every day about running toward Him and choosing to say, “Take my life and let it be, consecrated, Lord, to Thee.”