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There’s a gift sitting on the ground
Wrapped so beautifully
Beautiful colors and a beautiful bow
It has my name on it.

But there’s another gift
Just to the right of it
Nothing special about the wrapping
It has plain ordinary colors
Looks like a heavy load
It also has my name on it

But I go for the one wrapped in beautiful colors,
Wouldn’t you?

So I open the gift
Wrapped so beautifully
And to my dismay
It’s the very thing I’ve been set free from
Sin.

Lord I’ve fallen into the trap again
The beautiful packing of the sin
I need You to wash me clean again
Cleanse my guilt
Cleanse my shame
Teach me to follow You in all my ways.

Your box looked so ordinary
Yet so full of love
A hard and narrow road
But full of life and promises
You’re the one I choose
Help me choose You again.

Sin looks so beautiful
So enticing
We give into its traps

His package so ordinary
A baby in a manger
God’s glory in flesh
A cross to carry
So many leave before they open the package.

But He loves us
And with His gift
He can take back sin’s
Exchange the death in one package
For the life in the other
A offer that never expires
He’ll take us back time and time again.

Lord I’ve fallen into the trap again
The beautiful packing of the sin
I need You to wash me clean again
Cleanse my guilt
Cleanse my shame
Teach me to follow You in all my ways.

Your box looked so ordinary
Yet so full of love
A hard and narrow road
But full of life and promises
You’re the one I choose
Help me choose You again.

Take back the world I’ve chosen
And give me Your grace
Give me Your love
Your beauty and Your righteousness
I choose You again.

I stand here in Your courtroom
Shameful in all my ways
But Your love makes me blameless and pure
Jesus I love You.

I offer up this sin
This tattered heart to You
And feel Your love wash over me again
Sin as beautiful as it may appear
Disappears in Your glory
I’m Yours again
I was always Yours…