New Recording - Grace

Last night, a friend of mine, Erin McGough, joined me in my "home studio" to record some songs. Of everyone with whom I've sung, her voice is my favorite. She's been student teaching this semester, so finding time to record together has been difficult, but patience pays off. Last night Amanda made a wonderful dinner (as always), Erin joined us, and afterward we recorded the vocals to this song.

It has been several years since I wrote Grace. The chorus spontaneously came to me in a time of worship at a small bible study, I immediately began penning the rest. It has mostly remained the same despite my several attempts to rewrite the verse.

The song is about recognizing our own frailty and great need for God's help. It's tempting to try to use the strength of our wills to be better people, but in my experience this only leads to disappointment and failure. The great beauty of the Gospel is that it frees us from the shackles of always trying to measure up. God loves and accepts us as we are, and through his grace and the strength of his love he takes the "broken vessels" of our lives and makes us into something beautiful.

My prayer for you is that as you listen to this song, that you would, humbly go to God and receive all the good things he has for you.

I may continue to fiddle with the recording, so consider this a "leaked" version. I'd love to hear your thoughts and comments!

Grace (Featuring Erin McGough) - Ben Brenner
(Download - mp3|5.8MB)

Grace by Ben Brenner is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.