Lyrics
Verse 1
I was down in the valley
Before love came and grabbed me
Never thought I'd see the sun again
Verse 2
Without no hesitation
You became my resurrection
All the light came shining in
Chorus
Now I've got beauty for ashes
And I've got joy for mourning
And I've got praise for heaviness
Love is a miracle
Verse 3
This is more than religion
Glad I've made my decision
Hope reversed the curse I was walking in
Now I'm dancing out my grave clothes
Where You lead me I will follow
You gave a light that the darkness can't comprehend
Chorus (Repeat, without final line)
Bridge
I remember the voice that called me
I remember when my heart said yes
I will never forget that morning
You were singing over me
Chorus (Repeat)
Outro
Now I've got mercies in the morning
And I've got rivers overflowing
And I've got freedom and I'm dancing
Love is a miracle
Video
Meaning & Inspiration
"Love Is a Miracle" opens with an image of descent and rescue, being down in a valley before love arrives unexpectedly, language treating despair as a low place from which someone must be lifted rather than a mood to simply outlast. Calling that rescue a "resurrection" ties personal transformation directly to the language of rising from death.
Its chorus borrows almost word for word from a well-known prophetic promise, beauty for ashes, joy for mourning, praise for heaviness, presenting that ancient exchange as the pattern for present experience. A later verse extends the resurrection imagery further, describing the singer as "dancing out" grave clothes, an image drawn from a well-known account of a man raised from death still wrapped in burial cloth.
Rooted in contemporary worship's testimony style, the song functions as a description of rescue treated as miraculous rather than merely fortunate, its closing list of mercies, overflowing rivers, and freedom extending the opening image of rescue into ongoing, present abundance.
Related Scripture
- Isaiah 61:3 Describes beauty for ashes and joy for mourning, directly quoted in the song's chorus.
- John 11:44 Describes Lazarus emerging from the tomb still wrapped in grave clothes, echoed in the song's image of dancing out of grave clothes.