In Christ Alone

I've been listening to an album called Raise Up the Crown to help get my heart prepared for Easter. Although we will be out of town for the Annual Riccio-Morin Reunion and won't be able to be with our church to remember and worship, I don't want to miss the meaning of this weekend.

The songs on this album are beautifully written and cover the spectrum from remembering Christ's death on the Cross to celebrating His Resurrection! If you get a chance, I would highly recommend checking the songs out. I'm sure you'll be blessed by them!

Among all the songs on the album, this one remains to be one of my all-time favorites. I love how the lyrics take you through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus! And if this song doesn't make you break out in a smile when you get to the verse that speaks of Jesus rising from the grave, you should probably check your pulse!

In Christ Alone

In Christ alone my hope is found

He is my light, my strength, my song

This Cornerstone, this solid ground

Firm through the fiercest drought and storm

What heights of love, what depths of peace

When fears are stilled, when strivings cease

My Comforter, my All in All

Here in the love of Christ I stand

In Christ alone, who took on flesh

Fullness of God in helpless Babe

This gift of love and righteousness

Scorned by the ones He came to save

Til on that cross as Jesus died

The wrath of God was satisfied

For every sin on Him was laid

Here in the death of Christ I live, I live

There in the ground His body lay

Light of the world by darkness slain

Then bursting forth in glorious Day

Up from the grave He rose again

And as He stands in victory

Sin's curse has lost its grip on me

For I am His and He is mine

Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death

This is the power of Christ in me

From a life's first cry to final breath

Jesus commands my destiny

No power of hell, no scheme of man

Could ever pluck me from His hand

Til He returns or calls me home

Here in the power of Christ I stand