Lyrics
I used to count the things I carried
The work of my own hands
The harvest gathered in the autumn
The home where my family stands
I thought the measure of a lifetime
Was all that I could claim
Until I heard a wiser voice
And nothing looked the same
Every breath we've ever had
Every blessing, great or small
Every morning mercy brings
Every time we've stood and not fallen
Every laugh and every tear
Every hope we've journeyed toward
Every breath we've ever had
Has come from the Lord
The rain that fills the waiting valleys
The sunlight on the grain
The strength to rise and start again
After loss and after pain
The friends who walk beside us
The love that lights our way
The gifts we call our very own
Were given anyway
Every breath we've ever had
Every blessing, great or small
Every morning mercy brings
Every time we've stood and not fallen
Every laugh and every tear
Every hope we've journeyed toward
Every breath we've ever had
Has come from the Lord
What do I possess
That wasn't given first?
What have I become
That mercy did not nurse?
The beggar and the king
Stand side by side at last
With open hands before the Lord
We're all beggars in the end
Every breath...
Every blessing...
Every breath...
Every blessing...
Every breath we've ever had
Every blessing, great or small
Every morning mercy brings
Every time we've stood and not fallen
Every laugh and every tear
Every hope we've journeyed toward
Every breath we've ever had
Has come from the Lord
Every breath we've ever had
Has come from the Lord
Every breath...
Every blessing...
Every breath...
Has come from the Lord