When Everything Aches

Verse 1

Some days the weight feels heavier than stone

Every step reminds me I can't make it on my own

The questions linger longer than the light

And the shadows seem determined to outlast the night

I've carried disappointment like a chain around my soul

Watched plans unravel slowly beyond my own control

Yet somewhere in the silence, through the hurt and through the ache

A gentle whisper calls me to a higher road to take

Pre-Chorus

When my heart wants justice

When my wounds demand a price

When resentment feels much easier

Than sacrifice

Chorus

I choose love when everything in me aches

I choose grace when my spirit starts to break

I choose mercy when the anger feels justified

I choose kindness when the tears are hard to hide

Cause healing isn't found in holding on to pain

And freedom isn't born from bitterness and blame

So though every part of me wants to run away

I choose love

I choose grace

Verse 2

The scars don't disappear because I say a prayer

And forgiveness doesn't mean the hurt was never there

But I've learned the chains that bind us are often forged within

And letting go is where redemption can begin

I've seen enough of darkness to know what it can do

It turns a wounded heart into a prison with no view

But love has a way of opening windows to the sky

And grace reminds the weary soul it's still designed to fly

Pre-Chorus

When the road feels lonely

When the burden feels too great

When every voice inside me says

Retaliate

Chorus

I choose love when everything in me aches

I choose grace when my spirit starts to break

I choose mercy when the anger feels justified

I choose kindness when the tears are hard to hide

Cause healing isn't found in holding on to pain

And freedom isn't born from bitterness and blame

So though every part of me wants to run away

I choose love

I choose grace

Bridge

Not because it's easy

Not because it's fair

Not because the wounds are gone

Or life has spared me care

I choose it because love is stronger than the night

Because grace can turn a battle into light

Because the One who carried me through every storm before

Still walks beside me now and whispers, "Love a little more"

Final Chorus

So I'll choose love when everything in me aches

I'll choose grace when my spirit starts to break

I'll keep believing there's a blessing in the fight

And that surrender is sometimes the greatest strength of all my life

When the world says harden

When my pain says hate

I'll lean into His goodness

And choose love

Choose grace

Outro

One step at a time...

One prayer at a time...

One act of love...

One measure of grace...

Until healing finds its way home.