Shaped by Suffering: Wounded Worship—Michael Card

Watch Michael Card share his thoughts on suffering and the hope found in the person of Jesus. This concluding video of our Shaped by Suffering series includes a special performance of his song Come Lift Up Your Sorrows.

Lyrics, Come Lift Up Your Sorrows

If you are wounded
If you’re alone
If you are angry
If your heart is cold as stone
If you have fallen
And if you are weak
Come find the worth of God
That only the suffering seek

Come lift up your sorrows
And offer your pain
Come make a sacrifice
Of all your shame
There in your wilderness
He's waiting for you
To worship Him with your wounds
For He's wounded too

He has not stuttered
And He has not lied
When He said, "Come unto Me,
you're not disqualified"
If you're heavy laden
You may want to depart
But those who know sorrow
They're closest to His heart.

Come lift up your sorrows
And offer your pain
Come make a sacrifice
Of all your shame
There in your wilderness
He's waiting for you
To worship Him with your wounds
For He's wounded too

In this most holy place
He's made a sacred space
For those who will enter in
And trust to cry out to Him
You'll find no curtain there
No reason left for fear
There's perfect freedom here
To weep every unwept tear

Come lift up your sorrows
And offer your pain
Come make a sacrifice
Of all your shame
There in your wilderness
He's waiting for you
To worship Him with your wounds
For He's wounded too.