I Will Be Bold (My Testimony)

(Mmm, yeah)

(This is my real testimony)

(Listen close now)

I spent years walking through the heavy, shifting sand

From age seven, age eight, I was looking for the land

In the system, just a heartbeat in the fray

Twelve years old, the adoption finally paved the way

Never had praises for the good that I've done, just swats for the bad

Sixteen years of shadows trying to find what's mine inside the sad

Looking at the faded outlines on an empty room wall

Thinking of the shattered frames and the moments I would fall

But the day has finally come where I am no longer cold

The King of all Kings made a promise, and I will be bold!

(Yeah!)

'Cause You are the steady ground when the winter comes around!

You’re the grace in the wreckage that I thought could not be found!

No more bitterness escaping my lips, I'm shouting Your praise

Giving love to the One who reaches out to forgive all my days

Yeah, I'm choosing the light, walking straight into the warmth

Look at the hope and the pride, look at what I survived!

(I will be bold, yeah!)

(Steady on the ground, You're my steady ground)

(I will be bold, yeah!)

(Filled with His warmth)

Now I look at the children who have taken the highest place

Reflecting the miracle of Your unmerited grace

You took an empty room and turned it into a home

Showing this tired heart I was never left alone

You washed away the vanity, the scripts I used to own

Now I’m singing to the rhythm of the love You’ve shown

Looking at the faded outlines on an empty room wall

Thinking of the shattered frames and the moments I would fall

But the day has finally come where I am no longer cold

The King of all Kings made a promise, and I will be bold!

(I will be bold!)

'Cause You are the steady ground when the winter comes around!

You’re the grace in the wreckage that I thought could not be found!

No more bitterness escaping my lips, I'm shouting Your praise

Giving love to the One who reaches out to forgive all my days

Yeah, I'm choosing the light, walking straight into the warmth

Look at the hope and the pride, look at what I survived!

I stretch forth my hands like a dry and thirsty land

Answering the call when I didn't understand

No more running this anxious race, no more faking a smile

I’m stepping into the sun, walking every single mile

You took a broken heart and He rebuilt this empty space

Shifting all the frequencies to find my holy place!

(To find my holy place, yeah!)

No more watering a hollow seed, begging for a crumb

Yeah, look at the survival, look at what You have begun!

Praise Him with my lips for the battles He already won

A room full of possibilities, walking straight into the sun!

(Step into the sun!)

(Speaking in tongues: Ka-ra-ba-sha-ta! Ho-san-na!)

(Speaking in tongues: Sha-ma-ha-ra-ta! Let the spirit move!)

(Crying out to the King of Kings!)

(Oh, fill this room with Your warmth!)

(Glory, glory, hallelujah!)

'Cause You are the steady ground when the winter comes around!

You’re the grace in the wreckage that I thought could not be found!

No more bitterness escaping my lips, I'm shouting Your praise

Now I’m stepping out the shadows, looking up into the cloud!

(Looking up!)

You are the steady ground...

Yeah, You stayed right here. You didn't pull away.

First shift rising. Just the sun.

I won't be cold anymore.

I will be bold.

(You're the steady ground, yes You are)

(Speaking in tongues softly: Sha-ma-ha-ra-ta... amen)