A Modern Hymn for Thanksgiving: “My Heart is Filled”

We sang another great song by Keith Getty and Stuart Towend this Sunday. I thought it was especially fitting for Thanksgiving week. I really appreciate their music having showcased their songs in my recent post “The Modern Hymn Movement”. I also have posted about the following hymns written by one or both of them: “In Christ Alone”, “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us”, and “O, Church Arise”.

This song is especially appropriate for Thanksgiving week. Perhaps it will jumpstart your week to be filled with thoughts of thankfulness for the many blessings Christ has purchased for us on the cross. I trust you will be blessed as you discover this great new song.

My Heart Is Filled
Keith Getty & Stuart Townend

My heart is filled with thankfulness
To Him who bore my pain
Who plumbed the depths of my disgrace
And gave me life again
Who crushed my curse of sinfulness
And clothed me in His light
And wrote His law of righteousness
With power upon my heart

My heart is filled with thankfulness
To Him who walks beside
Who floods my weaknesses and strengths
And causes fear to fly
Whose every promise is enough
For every step I take
Sustaining me with arms of love
And crowning me with grace

My heart is filled with thankfulness
To Him who reigns above;
Whose wisdom is my perfect peace;
Whose every thought is love.
For every day I have on earth
Is given by then King.
So I will give my life, my all,
To love and follow Him.

Keith Getty & Stuart Townend
Copyright  © 2003 Thankyou Music/MCPS

To hear a sample of the melody of this song, click here or here [mp3]. You can preview the musical score for the song here, and order it there or here. The song is found on (at least) the following CDs: The Mandate: See What a Morning and New Irish Hymns 2 (which you can purchase if you’d like). Again, for more info on the authors, check out this earlier post.

Let me stress in closing, that this particular song can be sung to a strictly traditional style or a contemporary style. And it is actually well suited to both. So regardless of your musical convictions, I would encourage you to explore the great new songs that Getty and Townend are writing and take advantage of them in your personal (and even coorporate) worship.