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Running from an omnipresent God is a futile gesture (circa Psalm 139)!
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Original Music in Popular Styles Written from a Christian Perspective
Did you know that Carter is the 42nd most popular last name in the U.S.? Or that Robert is the 3rd most popular 1st name?!?!?!?!? Well I asure you that if you are looking for a guy that loves Jesus, writes music to worship and glorify the Father Son and Holy Spirit AND writes...4th and 5th grade band music...? I'M your man!!! These days I have mostly been doing occassional solo gigs as I court the lovely and talented Mindy Schott (my girlfriend of 6 months.) I do orriginal contemporary worship and pop rock orriginals from a Christian perspective. There's just enough humor, sincerity, and vulnerability to keep the audience attentive as I share my Christian experience in an attempt to meet people where they are and bring them closer to God. With the band, we do a lot of "secular" rock covers with a Christ centered focus. That way, people are bound to hear the songs again and have the seed watered.
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Genre
Pop • Christian Pop
Charts
Peak #293
Peak in subgenre #45
Author
Rob Carter
Rights
1996 Rob Carter
Uploaded
February 01, 2005
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MP3 3.9 MB • 128 kbps • 4:18
Story behind the song
I orriginally sat down to try to write a song to a friend who was struggling with alchoholism. She was (and is) a Christian and I felt that she needed to stop running from God. By the time I was done with the song I knew it wasn't for her, but for me. p.s.: The terrific guitar solo is not Brian May (of Queen), but the one and only Robert Messore (www.robertmessore.com)!
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Running  1996 Rob Carter I know sometimes I am not the kind of person that I know I need to be. I’m so discouraged and tired of fighting you My eyes are turned away from what is true. Then someone says that your grace is free and all I need to do is just received. Well just receiving is easier said then done I find it easier to turn and run. Chorus I Running’s not what I know I need to do ‘Cause I know there’s nowhere I can hide from you And the only place that I need ever run is to your side So I can lay down all my pride and carry on. When I flirt with the darker side, I find myself anesthetized to sin I start to thinking, “is this all that bad?” My heart is hardened and yours is growing sad. Somewhere in my mind I’m thinking I can always run back to you; something someone said about grace But after all I’ve done I feel that I am only slapping you in the face How can I run back to you after I have used your grace as license to sin. Then enemy convinces me that this time you will not forgive where I’ve been!! From deep inside, comes a silent cry, that says your sins are forgiven, sin no more. Instead of running, I fall to my knees, and thank you for the love you’ve given me. Chorus II And showing me that running’s not what I ever need to do ‘Cause I know there’s nowhere I can hide from you And the only place where I need every run is to your side Where I can lay down all my pride and carry on. Yes the only place that I need ever run is to your side, where I can lay down all my pride… And carry on.
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