Pretty Amazing Grace

I don't know if any of you watch American Idol, but I this week was Neil Diamond week. I can usually take him or leave him...I like some of his older stuff, but in general, meh. He sang one of his new songs and I really enjoyed it. I thought I would share it for those who didn't get a chance to hear it.

Here are the lyrics:

Pretty amazing grace is what You showed me

pretty amazing grace is who You are

I was an empty vessel

You filled me up inside

and with amazing grace restored my pride.

Pretty amazing grace is how You saved me

and with amazing grace reclaimed my heart

love in the midst of chaos

calm in the heat of war

showed with amazing grace what love was for.

You forgave my insensitivity

and my attempt to then mislead You

You stood beside a wretch like me

Your pretty amazing grace was all I needed.

Stumbled inside the doorway of Your chapel

humbled in God by everything I found

beauty and love surround me

freed me from what I fear

ask for amazing grace and You appear.

You overcame my loss of hope and faith

gave me a truth I could belive in

You led me to a higher place

showed Your amazing grace

when grace was what I needed.

Look in a mirror I see Your reflection

open a book You live on every page

I fall and You're there to lift me

share every road I climb

and with amazing grace You ease my mind.

Came to You with empty pockets first

when I returned I was rich man

didn't believe love could quench my thirst

but with amazing grace You showed me that it can.

In Your amazing grace I had a vision

from that amazing place I came to be

into the night I wandered

wandering aimlessly

found Your amazing grace to comfort me.

pretty amazing

pretty amazing

pretty amazing

pretty amazing

pretty amazing

pretty amazing

pretty amazing

pretty amazing

You overcame my loss of hope and faith,

gave me a truth I could believe in.

You led me to that higher place

showed me that love and truth and hope and grace were all I needed.

(arrrgh...sometimes the formatting on blogger drives me crazy...the text above is supposed to be divided into paragraphs, but blogger refuses to cooperate.)