The Heart Unchained is tamed

The Heart Unchained is free

It soars like an eagle

It descends like a dove

It’s pliable enough to both love and be loved

The Heart Unchained is tamed 

Its strength is its boundaries 

It’s soft enough to be led  

It’s wise enough to know it can’t see all that’s ahead

It’s purpose, surrender

It’s first thought, repent

The song it refrains is, Lord, rid me of sin

Teach me

Refine me 

Break me with Your stone

So my inclination is to Your law alone 

Oh, the Heart Unchained is free enough to sing

The fruit of its lips is the song of Thanksgiving 

From it flows life’s fountains of rivers and springs 

Oh, the Heart Unchained is free indeed

Free to follow the Shepherd where ever He leads

Oh, the Heart Unchained is tame at its core

Guided by the reigns of the One it adores

More than gold and silver

Precious diamonds and pearls

More than the sweetness of honey

It desires the truth of His Word

It cries, Oh great Carpenter, set me

And chisel me through 

So my first inclination 

Is to do what You do

To go where You send me

Without complaint or withdrawal 

Until my gift to You is truly my all

So I’m shaped in the image of the glorified Son

Then just as the Father and Spirit, we’re one

Oh, the Heart Unchained is both free and tame

It bears the weight of the cross and the mark of His name

It’s life source, forgiveness supplied by His blood

It’s captured and humbled by grace

Arrested and perfected by love 

Free and tame

Is the Heart Unchained 

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