Restored (hannah’s child)
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RESTORED LYRICS
© Copyright Pamela Joy Crawford 2004 l Album: hannah’s child
Warm your hands, but I know you. I’ve seen through.
You’re with the man who we’ve condemned.
You try and pretend but your accent makes you to be a liar and a denier
Are you supposedly his friend who turns his back at the end?
But what is this I find? That even though you fell,
You knelt before your God and He still used you,
Restored your place. Your torn shamed face He restored.
Will you let a weak moment cloud your sense and judgement?
Relent my sweetest boy. I’ll use another ploy, I will find out.
I’ll cause you to doubt. Well you fell in my lair and I found out
That your strength’s in the length of your hair.
But what is this I find? That even though you fell,
You knelt before your God and He still used you,
Restored your place. Your torn shamed face He restored.
The storm is worse because you sailed, you ran and failed.
And as for you, you even killed
But what is this I find? That even though you fell,
You knelt before your God and He still used you,
Restored your place. Your torn shamed face He restored. He restores.
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Behind the song
I wrote Restored for the times when I feel bad about my bad decisions. The inspiration came from some of the people in the Bible who followed God but who also committed major crimes.
Sampson and his fatal attraction, Delilah, kick it off. This is the story of a temptress called Delilah whose mission is to persuade Sampson to tell him where the source of his strength lied so that she could use it against him. Sampson gives in to temptation and his mistake caused death and grief to many people. But he turns back to God and is not only forgiven, but is also used in a powerful way, once again, on earth.
The song includes references to other stories with the same pattern of God’s restoration including the disciple and friend of Jesus, Peter, who turned his back on Jesus in fear even though he loved Him. It also refers to Jonah, who ran away from God (in racist hatred) and Moses who murdered a man in passion (although this could also be King David.)
All of these people turned to God after their mistakes and history records that God had great mercy on them, restoring their honour and using them to achieve great things in their life time.
