Letter to a Friend Lyric Video by Stephanie Staples

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A new song from the 2023 Album Streams by Stephanie Staples.

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Friend it’s been years since
We had a chance to talk
Now I don’t even know what I would say
Do you even know
How your absence broke my heart
When I needed you you were so far away

I’m finally breathing in
Instead of holding on
I’m finally giving up so I can let love in
I know I can’t look back
If I’m to heal from this
You’re welcome in my life
But I’m not the same

We all make mistakes
Was it something that I did?
You know I’m sorry if I let you down
But have you ever thought
How it made me feel inside
When you chose to leave
And hide your heart from mine?

I’m finally breathing in
Instead of holding on
I’m finally giving up so I can let love in
I know I can’t look back
If I’m to heal from this
You’re welcome in my life
But I’m not the same

The same story on repeat
Made me wonder, wonder
What’s wrong with me
But now my heart has been released
And it’s over, it’s over
I am free
To be me
To be me

Relief runs deep
As he washes it away
The years of shame and insecurity
I know I can’t look back
If I’m to heal from this
You’re welcome in my life
But I’m not the same

CREDITS:

Charlie Lowell (Piano & Organ)
Nathan Dugger (Guitars)
Byron House (Bass)
Paul Eckberg (Drums & Percussion)
Stephanie Staples (BGVs)

Produced & Recorded in Nashville, TN

Produced and Engineered by: Mitch Dane at Sputnik Sound
Mixed by: Mitch Dane at Sputnik Sound
Assistant Engineer: David Diel
Studio Intern: Zack Lambiasie
Mastered by: Kim Rosen

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I am safe here. I’m not longer homeless.” - Andrew Harwell

A sense of belonging is vital to health. We were designed for connection. The gospel offers us belonging—a home in Christ. Living a gospel centric life means that as Christ has welcomed us we must welcome one another. Unfortunately, because we are human, we will not always experience that reality within our own relationships, communities, or even our church communities.

Letter to a friend is about recognizing when to move on. It’s not about saying goodbye or walking away from “toxic” relationships but about saying goodbye to our need for the acceptance, affirmation and sense of belonging we wish those relationships could provide.

Laying aside the weight of dependence on others for our emotional or spiritual vitality / validity is very freeing. We can continue to maintain a hospitable, grace filled attitude toward friends, family, and even our church family, while saying, “I will not let your attitude toward me impact my perspective of who I am in Christ.”

I intentionally penned the lyric, “You’re welcome in my life but I’m not the same” because I do not believe that Jesus wants us to close our hearts to others, even if they have caused us pain. Moving on doesn’t always mean moving away from—it just means choosing to live in Grace, God’s influence in our lives, instead of constantly leaning on or looking to others.

Grace enables us to love freely even when we do not feel that love is reciprocated.

“We love because he first loved us.”

Peace friends. You belong, and you are worthy because he has made you worthy.

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