The Better Thing

Words and Music by Benjamin Ang and Josh Yeoh.
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But few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10:42)

This song began as a simple chorus that I wrote, because two songs in a worship set needed something to transition between their ideas. But the words came from a truly vulnerable place in my heart. That year was 2020, and the world around me was not merely messy — it was wounded. Many friends of mine wanted answers from God in that trying time. But God offers more than that. His promise is not that we will lead perfect lives, but that in the groaning pain of imperfection He will be a hand to hold, a shelter to come under, and the soup that truly satisfies the soul. In the worst of times, He will be The Better Thing.

- Benjamin Ang

Lyrics

"Drawn deeper, drawn in / between folds of patience / I am accepted"

It confounds me sometimes just how patient of a man Jesus was. The disciple John, a man so full of rage as to suggest Jesus call fire on a town, became the same man who entitled himself 'the disciple Jesus loved' in his gospel, having been so changed by His kindness. And even Judas, the traitor, received bread from Jesus' own hand at the last supper. But what about me? In my ever-growing debt of offence against the God of all the universe, I have only encountered an equally ever-increasing response of patience, patience, and more heart-breaking patience. May the depth of His compassion cause your heart to become tender, as it has mine.