Surrender

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Album Info

Release Date: 2005

Label: Good For The Soul

Retreat Series Volume II

Recorded by Justin Graves at St. Paul Sound Recording Studios, San Antonio, Texas

Mixed and Mastered by Marius Perron at Studio M, San Antonio, Texas

©Copyright 2005, GOOD FOR THE SOUL MUSIC, L.C.,
5826 IH 10 West #101, San Antonio, TX, 78201
All Rights Reserved
Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws

1 - Put a new right spirit here within me. I open myself to new life as You would choose.
Remove what is less than You, making room for only You.
Thank you Leah.
2 - Every good I have, I am, I do, is Your work in me. Let everything in me give thanks for that.
Thank you Gary
3 - Like stone in stronger hands, when I resent and resist, I crumble into less than what You want for me.
But as my heart meets a willing humility I become resilient clay, anxious to be a vessel for new life.
I am no longer resigned to Your work in me. I invite it.
Thank you again, Gary
4 - When I give You my attention, my heart, my being, I find You in the most simple
and unexpected places. Show me where You are. Restore my soul. Bring me home.
Thank you Frances
5 - I can't go anywhere, do anything, think any thought without you saying I LOVE YOU.
You are where I start, You are where I go, You are holy ground on the path ... never not loving me.
I keep this truth in my heart.
Thank you Jane and Rebecca
6 - Giving over, while not giving up, reveals Your hand in my life.
Without You I sink or, at best, tread water.
With You, I sail. And it barely matters where, as joy is with me.
Thank you Mike
7 - When I deny my goodness, I deny You.
Help me speak of my marvel, surrender denial, and sing Your praise.
Thank you Edna
8 - Your light brings hope to my darkness. I give thanks to You ...
for as dark as life becomes, I am still in the palm of Your hand.
Thank you Linda
9 - When I call Your name I reveal the hours, days, and years without You. They are dry and lifeless
times, as if I haven't lived at all. Your love is better than life, because Your love is life itself.
Thank you Ramona
10 - Like Mary's magnificent surrender that brought redemption to the world...
I, too, surrender. I offer You my life to birth Your spirit. Take me in and send me out.
Thank you Stacy
11 - To go through the fire and come out a new spirit,
is wondrous, even miraculous. To know your
presence in the fire is even better. For this I bless You,
and sing Your praise, and give You thanks over and
over and over again.
Thank you Bill

I cleanse
I praise
I surrender
God calls
God pleads
I surrender again
I name my beauty
I heal
I give thanks and praise

All songs,
except "The Water Is Wide" – Melody: O Waly Waly;
Text: Verse 1, interpretation of traditional Scottish Folk Song by David Kauffman.
Verses 2 and 3 by David Kauffman.

© Copyright 2005 David Kauffman Songs (BMI)
Administered by Music Services, Inc., Franklin, TN. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.

Mixed by Marius Perron at Studio M, San Antonio, Texas

Art Direction by Paul Soupiset for Toolbox Studios, Inc. / San Antonio

I wish to thank ~ My wife Leah, my daughters Cameron and Mia, for love and support ~ Justin Graves,
William Gokelman and Marius Perron for production assistance ~ All the musicians and singers ~
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Community for undying support of the music

Special thanks to Terrie Becan and Debra Marmor for prayerful hard work. You make the office joyful.

Special thanks to Stacy and Tom Gallo for belief and vision.

©2005 GOOD FOR THE SOUL MUSIC, L.C. 5826 IH 10 West #101, San Antonio, TX 78201. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

DAVID KAUFFMAN ~ RETREAT VOLUME II

I praise
I surrender
I heal
I name my beauty
I cleanse
I give thanks and praise
God pleads

SING WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE SOUL

Includes a 16-page booklet with lyrics, credits, and notes.

Jewel case with a clear tray.