Light Will Come

The Light Will Come was recorded Live by Jeremy Begalke at Lakeshore Bible Chapel in Waterloo, Ontario on a four track recorder, April 1999.

Musicians: Karla (Bilusack) Drader: vocals and piano, Jeremy Begalke: cello (and guitar on Just Like Jesus), Chris Busch: acoustic guitar

CD design: Vienne Chan

Music & Lyrics: Karla (Bilusack) Drader

Video for The Light Will Come: Vienne Chan

(C) 1999 Karla Drader

01. The Light Will Come (1 Peter 2:9, 2 Samuel 22:29)

Sitting in the corner waiting for tears to fall

Protection built around my back, it doesn't help at all

Silently, my strength has left me

I scream your name, O won't You help me?

I drown in darkness deeper than the darkest night

I'm losing ground but I don't care, I can't even fight

How will I get out of here,

So contented in my fear?

The Light will come - it won't be long now

The Light will come - I'll sing my victory song

Waiting for your hands to lift me out of my despair

I feel nothing buy my pain so, are you even there?

Slowly a calmness grows,

I lift my head 'cause now I know

02 Psalm 116

I love the Lord for he heard my cry,

He turned his ear unto me

Overcome by sorrow I called

Entangled by the cords of death I cried

On his name: Lord, save me!

Our God is full of compassion,

Is gracious and righteous

Is our helper and our shield

The Lord saved my soul from death,

He delivered my eyes from their tears

He kept my feet from stumbling

So I could walk before the Lord

Truly I am his servant - he freed me from my chains!

In the presence of his people

In the courts of the house of the Lord

I fulfill my vows to the Lord

I lift up the cup of salvation

O my soul, praise the Lord!

03. Now and Forever

Don't let me lose this vision in my soul

Don't let me turn from what I know is true

Don't let me lose these thoughts of You

Don't ever let your still small voice

Be drowned out by the sound of other things

Help me keep the fire your true love brings

For you Lord, are the healer and the lover of my soul, now and forever

With all my heart I want to live for you

I want to grow in the centre of your will

Each day draw me closer still

I love you more than I could ever say

O thank you for the grace you've shown to me

Thank you for the love that sets me free

04. Faithful

You show me that you're faithful over and over again

So why can't I just wait and let you show me the way?

In my life, God, you were always there

Looking back I see you never failed

Pouring out blessings on me, lighting paths I couldn't see

And when it sometimes seemed that you had gone

Later I saw you there all along

There will always be those storms to face

But you will be there with your strength and grace

Fears may come and overwhelm my heart

Tears may come and the sky look dark

But you will never leave me on my own

You'll come to take my hand and lead me home

05. Father

Falling down to my knees, I've been listening to the lies

Forgive me, help me, tell me

How you hear my cries, you hear my cries

Father, Father, I love you my Father

I praise your name, I praise your name

Knowing that without you, I would surely fall

Break me and hold me, mould me,

Help me give you my all, help me give you my all

Giving my life to you, offering all I am

Cleanse me and fill me, use me

Define who I am, define who I am

06. Create in Me (Psalm 103:12-14)

I've failed you once again, betrayed a sacred trust

Look on me in my pain, remember I am dust

A prodigal at heart, I chose another way

I stand a world apart, on my knees I pray

Create in me a clean heart, O God, O God

So weary from the fight, poisoned arrows found their mark

Discouraged at the sight of advancing dark

The child inside me dies in company of sin

The hatred, fear, and lies, I have let them in

07. Adonai

I have longed to see your face

And be baptized in your grace

But you seem so far away from me

Do you hear me as I cry

Do you see me as I try

To hold on to what is good in me?

Adonai, Adonai, Adonai

You alone know who I am

The lost and frightened little lamb

Who is tired of searching for the path back home

08. There is Hope

My child, I know this hurts you, I ache to see your pain

But rest in me and trust me, the sun will shine after the rain

There is hope, there is joy, there is peace, peace and love in me

There is hope, there is joy, there is peace, peace and love for you,

In me

Believe that there is good to come - I will not leave your side

I am here to love and hold you - you can come to cry and hide

But then you must be strong my child, and live your life again

So the suffering you have learned from might ease another's pain

09. Just Like Jesus (Philippians 2:5-7)

I can see him standing on a hill, crying, Come to me!

I can see him healing broken lives, smiling, Peace, be free!

I can see him teaching countless crowds bringing sight to blinded eyes

I can see him with the Pharisees, speaking truth for all their lies

God I only want to be just like your Son

God I only want to be walking in light

God I only want to be just like your Son

God I only want to be just like Jesus,

Just like Jesus

I can see him dying on a tree, whispering, Father, it is done!

I can see Him rising from the grave, shouting, Now the battle's won!

10. You Have Seen

You see the sparrow fall, broken on the street

You see the strong man victimize the weak

You see the child die, you see the wicked prosper

You see the mother crying for her daughter

And I weep and wonder why

And I wait for the answer to my question

I know you're in heaven, and I know that you cry

With eyes that see, you cry

You see a man of God, stumble and then falter

And no one comes to help him, no one bothers

You see judges hating justice, leaders getting lost

You see the son who never knows his father

11. For So Long Now

I've been waiting, I've been trying, I've been shaking, and I've been crying

For so long now, for so long

I've been listening, I've been praying, I've been whispering, and I've been screaming

For so long now, for so long

But I know that you hear me, and I know that you're here

I've been searching, I've been hiding, I've been working, and I've been fighting

For so long now, for so long

12. Come to Me

O God, can't you see, can't you feel the pain in me?

Oh my heart, hurts so much, how I need to feel your touch

O my child, my precious child, come to me

O my child, don't you know I am all you need?

O my child, can't you see, can't you feel the pain in me?

O my child, I love you

How I long for you to love me too

Child come, come to me

Let me dry the tears from your eyes

My son died to give you life - abundantly

Come to me

Come to me, you're weary

Come to me, lay your burdens down

Come to me, come to me

I'll show you my best, I'll give you rest, Come to me

O my child, can't you see, can't you feel this pain in me?

O my child, I love you so

Just be still, then you'll know, come to me

13. The Prodigal

I kneel before you, broken

I tried it on my own

You are the only one who can heal this heart of mine

Father, I've come home

Child, I was always with you

I never turned away

Even when you turned from me and mocked the things I said

Child, I longed to hold you in my arms

Didn't you know that I was always there

Couldn't you feel my presence everywhere

Did you hear me calling or sense my father's heart

Aching for the child on her own

Child, please believe I love you

With a greater love than you have ever known

You've been so lonely all your life

But now that you've come home

You've found that love you've wanted for so long

You've found that love beside you all along

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