Eternity Echoes

I will be heading into the studio this month!  My dad will be playing the piano for this track and my dear sister-in-law’s sister will be singing the background vocals.  She picked this song out many years ago as her favorite that I had written.

My first few years out of college, I studied the book of Ecclesiastes.  It is about a man who had everything, tried everything, and still could not find happiness or purpose.  In the midst of the book are these words, “He has set eternity in the hearts of men, yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.”  There is always a longing in us for something more than what this world gives.  None of us can deny that.  How many times do I wish I could convince my students that they will not find happiness, contentment, or purpose where they are seeking it.  It only comes from the One Eternal.  So, the song Eternity Echoes was born.

Eternity Echoes

If this is all there is, we may as well not exist
Because all that I see, it’s all vanity;
We’re all dying to find meaning within this life,
But I’ve seen it all, and it’s just not enough
But, the fact we’re all searching for more
Must mean that there’s something worth searching for

Eternity echoes in all of our minds
The home that we groan for but cannot describe
All we hold dear we will leave it behind

We’ve made a mess of this earth, digging for pleasure and worth
We cannot count what is lacking;
Both the fools and the wise will one day realize that God is not found in His blessings;
Searching for hope in the brokenness just tells us there’s got to be more than this

Eternity echoes in all of our minds
The home that we groan for but cannot describe
All we hold dear we will leave it behind
It’s meaningless, all of this won’t satisfy
All that we need only He can supply
He makes everything beautiful in it’s time
Just in time

I’m letting this go: The world and it’s hopes
I’m claiming the miracle: That there’s more than this life

Eternity echoes in all of our minds
It’s the hope within the brokenness that screams for new life
Our worries and fears, we will leave them behind
It’s meaningless, all of this won’t satisfy
All that we need only He can supply
He makes everything beautiful in it’s time