The Cut - Jason Gray

My heart is laid

Under Your blade

As You carve out Your image in me

You cut to the core

But still You want more

As You carefully, tenderly ravage me

And You peel back the bark

And tear me apart

To get to the heart

Of what matters the most

I’m cold and I’m scared

As Your love lays me bare

But in the shaping of my soul

The cut makes me whole

Mingling here

Your blood and my tears

As You whittle my kingdom away

But I see that you suffer, too

In making me new

For the blade of Love, it cuts both ways

As You peel back the bark

And tear me apart

To get to the heart

Of what matters the most

I’m cold and I’m scared

As Your love lays me bare

But in the shaping of my soul

The cut makes me whole

Hidden inside the grain

Beneath the pride and the pain

Is the shape of the man

You meant me to be

Who with every cut now You try to set free

Come now set me free

You peel back the bark

And tear me apart

To get to the heart

Of what matters most

I’m cold and I’m scared

As Your love lays me bare

And every day You strip more away

As You peel back the bark

And tear me apart

To get to the heart

Of what matters the most

I’m cold and I’m scared

As Your love lays me bare

But in the shaping of my soul

I know the blade must take its toll

God give me strength to know

That the cut makes me whole

The cut makes me whole