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 helplessness
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
'Till 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
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 life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
'Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand
I know that everyone gains a testimony and feels the spirit in a different way, but for me it has always been through music. Today as we were driving home from spending the day at our cabin, my nephew was tired and asked if we could listen to quite music instead of the loud music we were currently listening (and singing and dancing) to. At this point, we were kind of limited. We were up in the mountains so radio stations wouldn't work, I didn't have any church music on my phone, and Daniel only had one song. We definitely weren't just going to sit in silence (obviously), so we turned on the one song we had and listened to it a few times before he fell asleep.
Now I'm not saying that listening to music other than church music is a bad thing (we were jamming to different songs the rest of the way home and still had a blast), but as we were listening to this song I realized how grateful I really am for the Atonement. I went home and found the sheet music so I could read the lyrics again (and of course play it on the piano so I could sing it haha). As I was reading over the lyrics, I realized how simple the Atonement is. Jesus Christ gave His life for us, and because He gave his life, we can return to live with our Heavenly Father again. You can sum it up in one sentence, but you can also go so much deeper because it really is so much more than that.
I am so grateful I have been blessed with the knowledge of the Atonement and this wonderful Gospel. It gives me so much hope for my future. Because of the Atonement, I know that everything will be ok, and there really isn't anything better than that.
(PS go look up the Owl City version of this song because it is amazing.)
