Some days I wake up grumpy (Help me worship you)

This was another song to come out of the 12 Song Challenge run by RESOUNDWorship. The task was set by Sam Hargreaves who, along with his wife Sara, head up engageworship. They travel around the country talking about the concept of Whole Life Worship, where our worship is so much more than just what we do on a Sunday, or even what we do in a church building or with a Christian purpose – but it is every part of our every day lives.

I think in the past, we’ve tended to be OK with this at Bodmin in that we have regularly challenged the division between what is “sacred” and what is “secular”, including things such as a regular Sunday slot to pray for members of the congregation specifically for them in their work that doesn’t involve the church – their “everyday” and that they would live that with the support of the church to be the best example of worship possible.

When the challenge was set, I completed a song fairly quickly (a modern re-work of the hymn Take my life) and I thought that month was signed off as complete. Then inspiration struck on a bike ride into work, and some fairly rapid verses and a chorus landed.

Had the chance to share the song through the 12 Song Forum and had some great feedback from people, and again, refined further through the Worship Songwriting Retreat.

I’ve loved leading this one in worship, and it brings a clear reminder that our worship is a 24/7 thing, a wherever you happen to be thing, a whatever you are doing thing, a here in this moment thing.

Don’t tell anyone, but I think the adults get just as much out of this song as the kids do!

Would be great to hear from you if you use this in your local context.

Belongs to the album Though Seasons Will Change