Turn Your Eyes

Delicate strings open up a gentle scene, with interacting instruments setting up the melodic statement of a familiar hymn. Spare harmony and supportive chords carry the relaxing message to a place of transition, opening up an improvised section. Acoustic guitars, mandolin, and soft percussion explore musical possibilities until the melody emerges in a lower octave.

Further string sounds enhance the slow forward motion, as the message from the original hymn fits a spiritual experience of joyful surrender, trusting in the glory and grace offered by Jesus: "the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of his glory and grace."