Today is the Carnival of Beauty posted over at Two Talent Living. Be sure to click on over when you have a few minutes and read through the submissions on this week’s topic: “The Beauty of Giving.” Next week will be “The Beauty of Tradition,” so here’s something for you to be thinking about. You can email me your thoughts if you don’t have a blog and would still like to be included. I’d love to post other people’s ideas on tradition besides just mine.

I wanted to share with you today the words of one of my favorite songs — I haven’t heard it much lately because of all the Christmas music. It’s called “Here I Am to Worship.” Have you heard this song? It’s by Tim Hughes, an artist from the UK.

I didn’t even know who wrote it until the other day when I looked it up — I guess I’ve been too busy changing diapers and driving my taxi around to know this: “Tim Hughes has become one of the most well-known lead worshippers of his generation in the space of just a few years. Tim’s first solo project…won the Inspirational Song of the Year category at the Dove Awards in Nashville 2003. Tim was also nominated for Songwriter of the Year” (from Christianbits).

If you play guitar, I found a great site, Just Worship, that has chords to dozens of songs. Here are the words for Here I Am To Worship:

Light of the world, You stepped down into darkness.
Opened my eyes, let me see.
Beauty that made this heart adore you
Hope of a life spent with You.

[Chorus]
So, here I am to worship,
Here I am to bow down,
Here I am to say that You’re my God,
And You’re altogether lovely,
Altogether worthy,
Altogether wonderful to me.

King of all days, oh so highly exalted
Glorious in heaven above.
Humbly You came to the earth You created.
All for love’s sake became poor.

[Chorus]
Here I am to worship,
Here I am to bow down,
Here I am to say that You’re my God.
You’re altogether lovely,
Altogether worthy,
Altogether wonderful to me.

I’ll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross.
I’ll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross.
(repeat)

[Chorus]

P.S. If anyone in my family has drawn my name for a Christmas present and gives me this CD, I’ll be so happy, I’ll probably knock over the Christmas tree doing a cartwheel (and put my back out in the process — but that’s OK because I’ll just lie around listening to this song over and over!). Plus, then I’ll know you care about me because you’re reading my blog!

Edit: Yes, I did get a praise music CD with this song on it! But no, I didn’t do a cartwheel because nobody asked, thank goodness.