I GOT 'DOPTED

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Songs

 

CHORUS:

 

D

I got 'dopted! I got 'dopted!

A                        D

the very moment I opted

A

to accept His Grace.

D                 A

He erased every trace

D

of my sin and guilt.

A                           D

My heart, with joy, He filled.

D

I got 'dopted! I got 'dopted!

 

VERSE 1:

 

G

I was wild,

D                G

but now I'm his child.

C

I do not deserve

G                   C

this oportunity to serve

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my Holy, Risen Savior;

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but He looked on me with Favour.

 

(Repeat Chorus)

 

VERSE 2:

 

Forever His child

I'm no longer exiled

From His presence.

I'm now living in His presence

Praising my Holy, Risen, Savior

'cuz He looked on me with Favour.

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

A family from my church recently adopted a three year old boy whom they had been fostering for awhile.  The hearing where his adoption was finalized was on a Thursday, the following Sunday he was still telling everyone "I GOT 'DOPTED!"  When I heard him say it, my imediate thought was, there's a song in those words.  That evening, I sat down and wrote the words to this song.  Alternative title is "Asa's Song," since he was the one who gave me the first line of the song.

 

You can watch/hear me play/sing this one at:  https://youtu.be/sQCiscus374