Album Credits

MOSAIC OF GRACE

(released July 2009)

Produced, Recorded and Mixed by David Schober

Band*:
Piano: Shelly E. Johnson
Guitars: Adam Lester
Bass: Chris Donahue
Drums: Chris Knight
*except Morning Always Comes

Recorded at Playground Studios in Nashville, TN
Assisted by Steve Beers and Ben Terry

Mastered by Robert Hadley at The Mastering Lab in Ojai, CA

Photography: Ben Pearson (www.benpearson.net)
Stylist: Carol Buckley Frazier (www.carolbuckleyfrazier.com)
Album Design & Artwork: Daniel Whisnant (www.suissemade.com)

All songs written or co-written by Shelly E. Johnson (www.shellyejohnson.com)

1. ONE DAY

Words & Music by Shelly E. Johnson and Jayme Thompson

Rock and tree and sky and wave / Call out our Creator’s praise / Mountain peak and turning leaf / Reveal Your wonder / But we who have the most to say / Often hide our praise away / We confess with thankfulness / You are Savior // One day every knee will bow / One day every soul cry out / Holy, Holy Lord / So let us raise our voices now / And bring the song of heaven down / Holy, Holy Lord // Hear the saints’ and angels’ song / We were made to sing along / Let it soar to heaven’s door / For Your glory / Let the song of the redeemed / Rise up as an offering / Take our hearts / All we are into Your story // Holy, holy / Holy, holy / Holy, holy Lord //

© 2009 Shelly E. Johnson Music (BMI) (Admin. by Music Services) / Sunday Best Music (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Background Vocals: Terry White, Shelly E. Johnson
Percussion: Steve Hindalong
Synth Keyboards: Jeff Roach

2. WITH YOU

Words & Music by Shelly E. Johnson

You pray “take this away” / And you wonder why I allow such pain / You cry “place me on the other side” / And you feel as though My hands are tied // My thoughts are higher than yours / My faithfulness endures // I am your shelter in the storm / I am your peace in time of war / I am still waters in the midst of raging seas / Through the fire, through the rain / In your darkest day / I will hide you in the shadow of My wings / I am with you // You know I never promised you / A life of comfort / I never said this road would be easy / But strength I offer // When your tragedy comes / You are never alone // Come to Me when you’re weary / I will give you rest //

© 2009 Shelly E. Johnson Music (BMI) (Admin. by Music Services). All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Background Vocals: Terry White, Shelly E. Johnson
Percussion: Steve Hindalong
Synth Keyboards: Jeff Roach

3. POWER OF THE CROSS

Words & Music by Shelly E. Johnson

Once in darkness, now in light / Once blind, now you see / Once a sinner, now a saint / Once bound, now free // That’s the power of the cross / See the chains fall / That’s the power of the cross / See the chains fall // Once a stranger, now a child / Empty, now filled / Once condemned, now reconciled / Broken, now healed // Once a prodigal, now home / Once lost, now found / Once an enemy, now a friend / Once poor, now crowned //

© 2009 Shelly E. Johnson Music (BMI) (Admin. by Music Services). All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Orchestrated and Arranged by Shelly E. Johnson
Vocal Produced by Jeremy Johnson
Synth Strings and Orchestral Instruments Performed by Shelly E. Johnson
Orchestral Programming & Editing by Pete Warren
Additional Programming by Jason Dyba

4. LEAD ME

Words & Music by Shelly E. Johnson

I hold a thread / You weave the tapestry / I read a page / You write the story / I see one stroke / You paint the canvas / I plant a seed / You bring the harvest // Lead me / I will follow / Teach me / That I may be wise / Remind me I’m here today gone tomorrow / So I’ll make the most of this time / Jesus take my life / And lead me // I offer a hand / You bring the healing / I share the truth / You change the heart / I shine a light / You illuminate the soul / I lift up a prayer / You are the only hope // All of life is in vain without You / My life is not my own / Now I surrender //

© 2009 Shelly E. Johnson Music (BMI) (Admin. by Music Services). All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Orchestrated by Shelly E. Johnson
Synth Strings Performed by Shelly E. Johnson
Orchestral Programming & Editing by Pete Warren
Background Vocals: Shelly E. Johnson
Percussion: Steve Hindalong
Synth Keyboards: Jeff Roach

5. MOSAIC OF GRACE

Words & Music by Shelly E. Johnson

Just a pile of broken glass / Pieces of a painful past / Shattered by the storms of life / This is all that’s left inside // He can take the fallen pieces / And lay them in the perfect place / And when His work is finally finished / You will be a mosaic of grace // In your pain you may not see / The beauty of the masterpiece / But there’s a greater work of art / Than what each piece alone imparts // Hallelujah / Hallelu / To the God who makes all things new / Hallelujah / Hallelu / Hallelu // He will take the fallen pieces / And lay them in the perfect place / And when His work is finally finished / You are a mosaic of grace /

© 2009 Shelly E. Johnson Music (BMI) (Admin. by Music Services). All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Cello arrangement by Shelly E. Johnson
Cello: Paul Nelson
Synth Keyboards: Jeff Roach

6. HYMN TO HIS COMING

Words & Music by Shelly E. Johnson & Jason Dyba

The Holy Lamb / Slain for man / All glory and honor are Yours / The Great I Am / Will come again / Prepare the way of the Lord // One day every knee will bow / One day every voice cry out // Holy is the Lord / Holy is the Lord / Holy is the Lord / Who was and is and is to come // The fields will fade / And kingdoms fall / And only Your word will remain //

© 2009 Shelly E. Johnson Music (BMI) (Admin. by Music Services) / Dyba Music (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Orchestrated and Arranged by Shelly E. Johnson
Synth Strings & Orchestral Instruments Performed by Shelly E. Johnson
Orchestral Programming & Editing by Pete Warren
Background Vocals: Terry White
Choir Arranged by Shelly E. Johnson
Choir: Theresa A. Connelly, Rachael Ball, Jaina Hall, Erica Light Guenther, Sarah Kuhlers, Peggy Duncan, Carol Harper, Julie Keltonic, Nancy Tomerlin, Christa Swartz, Britt Simonson, Cindy Jones, Ruth Tennille, Leigh Ann Cates, Sheila Pecce, Sherri DeZwaan, Deanna Porterfield, Debra Gordon, David Ask, Cliff Mundy, Tim Anderson, Scott Freel, Art Tennille, Tom Grassi, Bobby Myers, David E. Miller, II, Ken Veca, Scot Tyler, Jon Vaden, Sloan Yarborough, Dennis Blanton, John W. Yarborough, Ric Domenico, Chris Barker, Matt Hodges, Timothy Smith

7. DRAW NEAR

Words & Music by Shelly E. Johnson

Just as Moses spoke to You face to face / And Daniel heard from You in his dreams / And David with his songs of praise / So I long for You to speak to me / And as Job heard Your voice in the whirlwind / And Isaiah saw Your throne room of glory / And Samuel heard You call his name again and again / So I long for You to show Yourself to me // I’ll draw near / Closer Lord to Thee / Lord, draw nearer to me // So the next time I wonder if You’re strong enough / To calm the storm that’s raging against me / I’ll remember that night with Your disciples / When You spoke and silenced the sea / And whenever I am desperate for a glimmer of hope / For a miracle of sweet relief / I’ll remember how the woman touched the fringe of Your robe / And she was healed just because she believed /

© 2009 Shelly E. Johnson Music (BMI) (Admin. by Music Services). All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Synth Keyboards: Jeff Roach

8. CLOSE ENOUGH (duet with Chris McClarney)

Words & Music by Shelly E. Johnson & Twila LaBar

O great God who art in heaven / High above the earth / The depth of Your compassion / The measure of Your worth / O the riches of Your kindness / How unsearchable Your ways / We yearn to taste Your goodness / And be held in Your embrace // We long to be close enough / Close enough / Where all we see is You / We long to be close enough / Close enough / Lost within Your love / We long to be close enough // O great God who art in heaven / How You wait so patiently / For You see us as we are and dream / Of all that we could be / If we would cast aside our sinful cloak / Humbly seek Your face / And trade it for Your righteous robe / To be covered by Your grace // To be transformed / Exchange this life for Yours / Never the same again //

© 2008 Shelly E. Johnson Music (BMI) (Admin. by Music Services) / Bridge Building (BMI) / Upright Grand Music (BMI). All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Orchestrated & Arranged by Shelly E. Johnson
Synth Strings and Orchestral Instruments Performed by Shelly E. Johnson
Orchestral Programming & Editing by Pete Warren
Percussion: Steve Hindalong
Synth Keyboards: Jeff Roach

9. MORNING ALWAYS COMES

Words & Music by Shelly E. Johnson, Tony Wood & Lee Black

I don’t know the reason for your endless night / Or why it seems the darkness has settled on your life / But hope whispers another chance is on the way / So say goodbye to yesterday // Morning always comes / the light of dawn breaks through / Making all things new / Soon the rising sun / Will shatter your dark skies / So lift up your eyes / Morning always comes // You could trace the painful steps that brought you here / Or trust the hand that’s leading you to wipe away your tears / Cause one more time His faithfulness will prove / What in your heart you know is true // So we watch and we wait / Not knowing what’s in store / But we will see the goodness and new mercies of the Lord //

© 2008 Shelly E. Johnson Music (BMI) (Admin. by Music Services) / New Spring (ASCAP) / Row J Seat 9 Songs (ASCAP), Word Music, LLC. (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Guitars: Jeremy Johnson, Steve Leiweke
Bass & Keyboards: Jeremy Johnson
Drums: Ken Lewis
Background Vocals: Shelly E. Johnson

10. WHAT ABOUT THEM

Words & Music by Shelly E. Johnson

What about the little girl on the desert sands of Africa / Who’s never heard “Jesus saves”? / What about the teenage boy on the streets of Calcutta / Brought up in the Hindu faith? // They’re surrounded by Your glory / But they have never heard Your story / What about them? // I know You’re loving / I know You’re just / But sometimes the two don’t seem to agree / This world is evil / And punish You must / But those who have never had the chance to believe / What about them? // What about the Muslim wife who says her prayers five times a day / Always taught that her belief is true? / What about the Buddhist monk who’s praying for enlightenment / Doing all he’s ever known to do? // These are the questions keeping me up at night / Gnawing deep at my soul / If for no other reason than to help me realize / The answers I may never know // But I know You’re loving / I know You’re just / And one day the two will perfectly agree / This world is evil / And punish You must / But how will You give them a chance to believe / Cause You care about them / You care about them / You care about them //

11. ENOUGH

Words & Music by Shelly E. Johnson

Just the right amount of mercy / When I think I’ve reached the end / When the night can’t get more lonely / You call me friend / When the doctor’s head is shaking / You provide the perfect touch / When my heart can’t keep from breaking / You love me so much // You are enough / You are enough for me / You fill me up completely / I could lose everything / And still have everything I need / Cause I have You / And You’re enough // When the day can’t get any darker / You reach down and shine a light / When my strength’s never been weaker / You step in and fight / When I think that I can’t take one more step / You give me wings to fly / When I’m on my knees crying out for help / My every need You supply /

Jesus, my life is Yours. Lead me, and I will follow. Jack, you are my best friend, the love of my life, and my greatest supporter. I love living life with you, and I can’t wait to see where God takes us! I love you. My family and friends, thank you for your love and support. David Schober, Wow. Words do not come close to adequately expressing my gratitude to you for everything you have poured into this project. Working with you has been an absolute joy. Thank you for believing in me, supporting me and always encouraging me to pursue my dream. I am forever grateful to you. And finally, to all the musicians, vocalists and co-writers who shared your wonderful talents on this project, thank you!

“Now glory be to God! By His mighty power at work within us, He is able to accomplish infinitely more than we would ever dare to ask or hope!”
Ephesians 3:20