Aaron Niequist
Ground of all that’s good and
beautiful and right
more than Heaven can contain
You give order to the stars and to my life
more than Earth can ever tame
for we have heard Your song
we sing it all day long
joining Your Eternal Melody
we love the way You are,
the way You love and lead,
the way You recreate,
emancipate,
the way You love and love and love
and we cry “Holy! Holy!”
You are so powerfully beyond me.
we cry “Holy! Holy!”
You are so beautifully unlike me.
God, You fight for all the broken and oppressed
You are found among the poor.
God, You hear me even
when my heart’s a mess
and our cries You can’t ignore.
repeat chorus
women:
all – Heaven and Earth cannot contain
Heaven and Earth cannot contain
Your ways
Your ways
men:
better than religion makes You seem
You are even better than we’ve
ever dared to dream
ever dared to dream
for we have heard Your song
and Heaven sings along
a chorus of Redemption’s history
repeat chorus
©2006 AARONieq Music
being the slightly-out-of-touch-with-my-emotions male that I am, the thought of “loving God” can make me feel a little weird. i don’t really connect with love songs to God or prayers that could have come from a hallmark card. however, one day I was thinking about all the things I respect and love about God, and found myself praying “I love the way that You are,” and that awkward prayer turned into this song. a few months later, partially inspired by brian mclaren’s writings, I completed it with a line that sums it all up: better than religion makes You seem; You are even better than we’ve ever dared to dream.
musically, I’ve always pictured this song as a freight train threatening to come off the tracks. the louder, the bigger, the wider, the better…
