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In The Palm Of Your Hand Lyrics
If I could have the world and all it owns
A thousand kingdoms, a thousand thrones
If all the earth were mine to hold
With wealth my only goal
I'd spend my gold on selfish things
Without the love that Your life brings
Just a little bit more is all I'd need
'Til life was torn from me
I'd rather be in the palm of Your hand
Though rich or poor I may be
Faith can see right through the circumstance
Sees the forest in spite of the trees
Your grace provides for me
If I should walk the streets no place to sleep
No faith in promises You keep
I'd have no way to buy my bread
With a bottle for my bed
But if I trust the One who died for me
Who shed His blood to set me free
If I live my life to trust in You
Your grace will see me through
I'd rather be in the palm of Your hand
Though rich or poor I may be
Faith can see right through the circumstance
Sees the forest in spite of the trees
If I could have the world
If I could have the world and all it owns
A thousand kingdoms, a thousand thrones
If all the earth were mine to hold
With wealth my only goal
Without the love that Your life brings
Just a little bit more is all I'd need
'Til life was torn from me
Though rich or poor I may be
Faith can see right through the circumstance
Sees the forest in spite of the trees
Your grace provides for me
No faith in promises You keep
I'd have no way to buy my bread
With a bottle for my bed
Who shed His blood to set me free
If I live my life to trust in You
Your grace will see me through
Though rich or poor I may be
Faith can see right through the circumstance
Sees the forest in spite of the trees
If I could have the world and all it owns
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I love this song, but the lyrics bother me. The second verse implies that homeless people have no faith in God- that when bad things happen to people, it's because they don't believe in God. "If I should walk the streets, no place to sleep, no faith in promises You keep."
The rest of the verse makes up for it a bit, and is what I ultimately take away from this song. "If I live my life to trust in You, Your grace will see me through." Maybe I'll still physically be on the street, my heart and soul are in God, so I know that at least those two things are well-looked after.
Still, I hope it was just a moment of poor song-writing and not an actually indictment of homelessness and general ill-fortune. Faith in God doesn't ensure worldly success- it just makes you able to deal with both the good and the bad.
I am not a religious person, and I don't necessarily believe in a god, but I understand this song.
It's about perfect faith and how important it is to have something to believe in. Spirituality in any form is essential to living.
This is a beautiful song... Its meaning is rather self evident.