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“From Rock Bottom to River Bottom”

By  Jen Langford

I woke up in the shadows, cold and alone

Wounds on my spirit, bruises in bone

Chains of my past were dragging me deep

Too tired to run, too broken to weep

I cried out in silence, no one could hear

The echo of failure, the voice of my fear

But mercy found me where I had sunk

In the valley of ashes, where the soul feels drunk

From rock bottom to river bottom,

You met me in the flood

Washed my shame in holy water,

Covered me with love

You turned my pain into a promise,

My ruin into song

Jesus, You were faithful

When I couldn’t hold on

I wandered the desert, burned by the sun

Addiction my master, abuse left me numb

But in the dry places, I heard a small sound

A whisper of grace that turned me around

You pulled me through fire, You held me in storms

You carried me bleeding through spiritual wars

Now scars tell a story, not of defeat

But a Savior who knelt down and washed my feet

From rock bottom to river bottom,

You met me in the flood

Washed my shame in holy water,

Covered me with love

You turned my pain into a promise,

My ruin into song

Jesus, You were faithful

When I couldn’t hold on

I see the cross now rising above

A symbol of wrath transformed by love

Death had a plan but grace had a name

And Jesus, You stepped in and took all the blame

No wilderness wide enough

No chain You can’t break

You turned my collapse

Into a holy escape

From rock bottom to river bottom,

You rewrote my end

You’re the God of restoration,

My Savior, my Friend

You turned my grave into a garden,

My trials into trust

Jesus, You were faithful

When I was dust

From rock bottom to river bottom,

Now I rise with You

Hope runs deeper than my sorrow —

Your mercy pulled me through.