(feat. Paul Baloche & Lucy Grimble)
How could we recount the ways
That You have multiplied our faith?
The wisdom of Your ways
The currents of Your grace
Expressed, in every moment, every wave
In the longing of our souls
In the darkness where we go
You are there
You are love
You are altogether good
In the weakness of our faith
In the silence where we wait
You are here
You're enough
You are altogether good
Through our joys and in our griefs
You have led us to believe
The wisdom of Your ways
The currents of Your grace
Expressed, our only hope for all our days
In the longing of our souls
In the darkness where we go
You are there
You are love
You are altogether good
In the weakness of our faith
In the silence where we wait
You are here
You're enough
You are altogether good
You are altogether good
I love You, Lord
I love You, Lord
You are my more
Holy, present, and pure
I love You, Lord
I love You, Lord
You are my more
Holy, present, and pure
In the longing of our souls
In the darkness where we go
You are there
You are love
You are altogether good
In the weakness of our faith
In the silence where we wait
You are here
You're enough
You are altogether good
I love You, Lord (You are altogether good)
I love You, Lord (You are altogether good)
You are my more (You are altogether good)
Holy, present, and pure
You are altogether good
I love You, Lord (You are altogether good)
I love You, Lord (You are altogether good)
You are my more (You are altogether good)
Holy, present, and pure
You are altogether good
Altogether Good
Song Meaning
Anchor Hymns, with Paul Baloche and Lucy Grimble, give “Altogether Good” a quiet, reflective shape. The opening wonders at how much there is to say, “How could we recount the ways / That You have multiplied our faith?,” and names the evidence as “The wisdom of Your ways / The currents of Your grace.” The picture of grace as a current suits the pacing, steady and without hurry.
The refrain places God at the low points instead of the high ones: “In the longing of our souls / In the darkness where we go / You are there,” and again, “In the weakness of our faith / In the silence where we wait / You are here, you're enough.” Each time the line lands on “You are altogether good,” stated without qualification. The second verse admits “our joys and in our griefs” are both part of how faith was formed, and the close shifts to a direct address, “I love You, Lord... You are my more / Holy, present, and pure.”
The title idea fits Psalm 145:9, “The Lord is good to all,” and Psalm 34:8, which invites people to taste and see that he is good. James 1:17 supplies the idea that every good gift comes from above.