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In Ezra, we find the people of Israel returning from captivity and exile in Babylon to Jerusalem. As an act of first importance, they rebuild the temple and re-establish themselves as a community of worship belonging to God. That God would receive them back is an amazing act of mercy, because they had been so very rebellious. On one level, this song is about that.

But on another level, this song is about us. 1 Corinthians 6:13 says our bodies are like the temple of God, with His Spirit dwelling within us and Ephesians 2:19-22 says the Church is a temple with Christ as the cornerstone and foundation. Like stones or bricks, we are built together - a community of worship.

This song is ultimately about how God renovates and rebuilds and redeems us in our brokenness, in his faithfulness and mercy, he calls us his own again.

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Rebuilding the broken down
City lying in ruins found
Remake your home, stone by stone
And call it your own again
Your own again

Redeeming the mess we made
Stooping low to renovate
We are broken like these stones
But you call us your own again
Your own again

Though we have been rebels all
Keep for yourself a remnant small
Called us home from far away
And on these stones you write your name

You bind up the broken place
And then a new foundation’s laid
In mercy farther than we’ve roamed
We call you our own again
Our own again

Though we have been rebels all
Keep for yourself a remnant small
Called us home from far away
And on these stones you write your name

What was broken now has been renewed
What was empty is now filled with you
What was a wasteland, separated
Is consecrated, we are consecrated

Though we have been rebels all
Keep for yourself a remnant small
Called us home from far away
And on these stones you write your name

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from Scripture to Music Project DEMOS [B​-​Sides], released November 11, 2011
words and music by Caroline Cobb Smith

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Caroline Cobb Dallas, Texas

Before her thirtieth birthday, singer-songwriter Caroline Cobb set a goal to write a song for every book of the Bible in one year. That year set in motion a passion: to tell the stories of scripture through music, helping you rehearse and remember the good news of God's Story as you listen. ... more

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