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Choose To Love
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Jul 29, 2026 updated
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Francesca Battistelli's 'Choose To Love' is a contemporary Christian song about overcoming fear and isolation by choosing to love others as God calls. The lyrics describe locking up one's heart and hiding behind busyness, but realizing that living in fear is lonely. The singer resolves to reach out, be brave, and trust God, even if it means risking hurt. The song emphasizes that loving others is part of participating in God's kingdom, and that it's more dangerous to listen to fear than to love. It encourages vulnerability and tenderness in a tough world, inspired by the reason God sent His Son.
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I locked up my heart and I put on a show
I let the busyness of life be a wall so nobody gets close
Well I got a lot done, yeah, I�??m so type A
But I�??m finding arm�??s length is a safe but lonely place
[Chorus:]
So I�??m gonna choose to reach out
Choose to lay down
All of the fear that I�??ve been hiding
Choose to be brave
Though my heart�??s afraid
To be a part of Your Kingdom rising, oh
God, I�??m done running from
The reason that You sent Your Son
So I will choose to love
Well it�??s always a risk and it�??s always a dare
But it�??s a far more dangerous thing to listen to fear
But it�??s a beautiful thing to know and be known
Yeah, there�??s a whole lot of life outside of my comfort zone
[Chorus]
I�??ll choose to trust
Oh God, let my heart be tender in a world so tough
I�??m gonna choose to love
[Chorus:]
I�??m gonna choose to reach out
Choose to lay down
All of the fear that I�??ve been hiding
Choose to be brave
Though my heart�??s afraid
To be a part of Your Kingdom rising, oh
God, I�??m done running from
The reason that You sent Your Son
So I�??m gonna choose to love
Maybe I�??ll hurt, maybe I�??ll bruise
Maybe I�??ll cry, maybe I�??ll lose
Still I will choose to love