Why are the wearing your name

I been lost more times than I can count

Hit rock bottom, still kept diggin’ out

Carried shame like a loaded gun

Every bad choice weighin’ a ton

Then You met me in my worst disguise

When I couldn’t even look myself in the eyes

You paid a debt I never could

Gave me grace when nobody would

If I’m still breathin’, still standin’ tall

It’s ‘cause You never gave up at all

[bridge)

I’ll never be spotless, never clean

But You love the mess that’s inside of me

So why they wearin’ Your name like chains

Throwin’ stones like they ain’t felt pain?

When every word You spoke was mercy and truth

Red letters bleedin’ through the proof

You gave us more than we deserved

Still some folks use Your name to hurt

But You loved me before the dirt

So let me live like You do — love over hurt

They talk real loud ‘bout heaven and hell

Point fingers like they ain’t never fell

But I remember who You pulled in close

The addicts, the liars, the lost, the broke

A dockhand dreamin’ of somethin’ more

A woman cryin’ on the church house floor

A traitor hangin’ on a cross

Findin’ hope when all looked lost

You didn’t scream fire, didn’t preach hate

You whispered mercy, You offered faith

So why we fightin’ in the house of God

When love’s the only thing You ever taught?

Why they wearin’ Your name like chains

Throwin’ stones like they ain’t felt pain?

When every word You spoke was mercy and truth

Red letters bleedin’ through the proof

You gave us more than we deserved

Still some folks use Your name to hurt

But You loved me before the dirt

So let me live like You do — love over hurt

Let’s quit preachin’ fear from the pulpit

And start talkin’ ‘bout grace that pulls us

Out the grave, out the night

With open arms and a saving light

Not to shame us, not to bruise

But to teach us how to love like You

Why they wearin’ Your name like chains

Carry guilt instead of change?

When all You gave was love and grace

A safe place for the broken faith

You gave us more than we deserved

Still some folks use Your name to hurt

But You loved me before the dirt

So let me live like You do — love over hurt

[Final Chorus)

I won’t wear Your name in vain

I’ll lift the lost, I’ll break these chains

‘Cause all You ever gave was love and grace

Not judgment, but a saving place

You keep givin’ second chances

To addicts, sinners, broken pasts

You saw my worth before my scars

So I’ll love like You do — with my whole heart

(Outro)

The Lord will vindicate me, His love don’t fade

He won’t abandon the work that His own hands made

Yeah… I’ve been through hell, but I’m still standin’

Guess that’s what happens when God already planned it