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Sky Above, Ground Beneath

by Map & Compass

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1.
Creation 04:02
You are moving... or are we moving in You? You are here, now... or do we finally hear You? Stone and shoreline, the ground beneath our feet Star and sunlight... You speak in everything The earth sings out to You, and we sing to The God of all beginnings See the old made new, all things renewed The story not yet finished, creation still unfolds in You You are kindness, the love we're meant to show To those we favor, and most of all to those we don't We map the shoreline... You sound the deepest sea We scratch the surface... beyond are galaxies You shaped the planet out of stardust You spoke, and life exploded through And then You formed us in Your image So we could help create with You
2.
One 04:17
Awake my heart, to sing of love Beyond the lines drawn in the dust Greater than the span between The sky above, the ground beneath Fearfully and wonderfully You made us from the clay And we are one No matter where we're from No matter who we love The God of heaven loves us And we are free To wonder and explore To wonder who You are We'll never reach the edge of this love Awake the dawn and sing aloud Beyond our borders and our bounds In all the earth, Your children move Beyond our empires and our truth
3.
God of everyone, not only those who think like me King of every truth, not only those that I believe Alpha and Omega, and every letter in between The space between the stars could not contain Your glory Come, break the cages we have tried to place You in You are more... You are more So much greater than these words we’ve draped You with You are more... You are more than this You are more. You have always been God of everyone; of all the Earth, not only me King of every truth, not only those I choose to speak Alpha and Omega, no letters serve to spell Your name As distant as the stars and closer than the words I pray Every knee will bow and every tongue will speak of love Every knee will bow and every tongue will speak of love We will meet Your eyes, and every voice will speak Your name We will see Your face, and all our words will fall away The space between the stars could not contain Your glory
4.
You are greater than my heart can understand You are a mystery to me You shaped the continents and mountains with Your hands How could I ever hope to see? But maybe I don't need to have the answers You told me if I seek, then I will find And I don't have to wait here with my questions I'll carry all my fears into the light I believe that You are truth So anything that's true must come from You What if You love me for my doubts? And I can love You while I work them out? You are the author of the earth beneath my feet Of every forest, every tree You are higher than my hands could ever reach And so instead, You reach for me You promised if I knock, the door would open So why am I still standing here outside? You said that if we ask, we will be answered Someday I'll know the reasons why I can let go... because You'll never let me go
5.
Lifeline 05:07
I feel You In the wind between the trees In the rustling of the leaves In the sun that gives them life I hear You In the trembling of the strings As the choir's voices ring In the echo of a song And in this doubt like darkness There's a distant light In this sinking stillness You are my lifeline And I am reaching for You - please Don't stop reaching for me I feel You In the seed that dies to live Resurrection held within Like a pattern in the world I hear You Not a voice that speaks my name But a love I can't explain Welling up inside my heart
6.
Break Out 03:25
I was sure that I was lost Then You met me where I was And all at once I somehow knew That I was seen and loved by You These shackles are rusted And I’m feeling stronger There's nothing to keep me down It’s time to… Break out from who I used to be Reach out toward the light Wake up and love me for me Now I see that I'm free to break out I thought that I could earn Your love If I was strong or smart enough I tried my best to pretend But You loved me just as I am ‘Cause God is Love And He loves me for who I am No more hiding in the shadows Here I am God is Love And He loves me for who I am No more hiding in the shadows Here I am
7.
Sanctuary 03:52
A moment of peace From the chaos all around Let me catch my breath My back to the winds That throw me to the ground Where are You in this? I cry sanctuary Haven in Your love Rest in Your embrace Sanctuary Shelter in Your arms Safety in this place A moment of quiet From the war outside Waiting here for more I stand above The waters sweeping by What am I searching for? Let the earth give way Let the oceans move You will be my refuge
8.
This is my Father's world And to my listening ears All nature sings and round me rings The music of the spheres This is my Father's world I rest here in the thought Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas His hand these wonders wrought This is my Father's world The birds their carols raise The morning light, the lily white Declare their Maker's praise This is my Father's world He shines in all that's fair In rustling grass, I hear Him pass His voice is everywhere When language fails and words fall short I feel You here, among Your works A thousand times a thousand years Your people sought and found You here This is my Father's world O let me not forget That though the wrong may seem so strong God is the Ruler yet This is my Father's world Let what is lost be found Help us to love what You have loved All Earth is holy ground
9.
You Know Me 03:38
You are light that pierces darkness You are night as bright as day The waves are calmed on the surface The waters bow before Your name You know me You hear my words before I even speak You know me For who I am and who I'm meant to be As I look at the heavens At the majesty you’ve made I wonder who I am to Your mind That You would know my name? You know my heart All my failure, all my pain You know my heart And You love me all the same Breathe into me I am more than dust and clay Breathe into me In Your image I was made
10.
We close our eyes We've seen enough Of hate and fear The worst in us Is there a light we cannot reach? Is all we loved a fading dream? We have reason for hope We've seen this darkness before It did not have the final word And here... here at the edge of everything You are near… You are the world I cannot see A quiet fall An aching heart You move among The least of us We cannot build too high a wall To keep your love from breaking through And here... here at the edge of everything You are near… You are the world I cannot see Eternity, forever close enough to touch The veil between the future and right now is gone You are the words when language fails You are the light when none remains You are the peace inside the storm The promise that will never break You are the words when language fails You are the light when none remains You are the peace inside the storm And we will trust you
11.
Father of life, of every breath Now and every moment Mother of all, You lead our steps Forward in Your patience In everything, the seen and unseen You are moving, You are beginning Behind our days, the world and its frame You hold together, You're the foundation Father, in You we live and move Along with creation Mother, we seek, we reach our hands You are never distant To the ends of the earth To the end of the age There is nowhere You're not There is no one You hate To the ends of the earth In the depths and the heights Who is outside Your love? Who is too lost to find?

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This is where life happens: at the crossroads between faith and doubt, on the borders between "us" and "them". It happens in the edges and the gray areas. Real life includes both gay and straight, mother and father, immigrant and citizen, believer and skeptic. It defies our fences and categories, our attempts to define who is out and who is in.

We believe Jesus's table is wide and welcoming: that it includes the marginalized and downtrodden now, just as it did back then. The religious leaders of Jesus's time were scandalized by the company he kept. May they be scandalized by ours as well.

These songs are music for the inclusive church, for the growing movement of Christians who are fleeing toxic misunderstandings of the good news, and instead are trying to recapture Christ's counter-cultural message. The empires of the world do not have the final say. There is something new happening, something unexpected. And all are welcome. All are loved.

credits

released November 10, 2017

Jackie LeFevers: lead and backing vocals.
Matt LeFevers: guitars, drums, bass, keyboards, banjo, mandolin, percussion and glockenspiel.

All songs written by Matt and Jackie LeFevers, © 2017, all rights reserved.

Produced, engineered, and mixed by Matt LeFevers.
Violin on "You Know Me" performed by Christina Nuckolls.
Mastered by Michael Venia at Sound Mixology.
Additional pads by Coresound Pads - used under license.

Sheet music and charts available (for free) at www.mapandcompassband.com.

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Map & Compass Phoenix, Arizona

Map & Compass is a worship band led by wife-and-husband duo Jackie and Matt LeFevers. They believe that faith and doubt are not opposites, and that the church's table is big enough for everyone.

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