Dear God (Acoustic) – Cory Asbury feat. Anna Asbury

Cory Asbury’s reimagined version of “Dear God”, from his recent album To Love A Fool, features a strong and familiar voice — his wife Anna Asbury. Cory has named the song the most honest and vulnerable he’s ever written. It explores what it feels like to fail God (on a near-daily basis), and yet try to let Him love us in spite of it all. Verse 1 Dear God, I’ve been trying awful hard to make You proud of me But it seems the harder that I try, the harder it becomes And I feel like giving up Most of the time Verse 2 Dear God, I’ve been chasing their approval and it’s killing me And I know the more I try to prove the less I have to show And I’m stuck inside my head Most of the time Pre Chorus But if I pray a little harder If I follow all the rules I wonder could I ever be enough Chorus ‘Cause I try and try Just to fall back down again And I ask myself why Do I try to chase the wind I should lean into the mystery Maybe hope is found in a melody So I wanna try again Oh, I’m gonna try again Verse 3 Dear child, I hope you know how much I love you and I’m proud of you Please believe the thoughts I have for you will never change or fade away When you felt like giving up I never did Pre Chorus 2 I’m not scared of imperfections Or the questions in your head Just know that you have always been enough Chorus 2 ‘Cause you tried and tried And I saw you wrestle with Every how, every why I was right there listening So just fall into the mystery And I’ll meet you here in the melody Try just to try again Oh child would you try again My child you can love again Written by Cory Asbury and Aodhan King