Tessa

I was a sacrificial lamb, broken by rejection's weight

A bullet lodged inside my past, a victim of his violent hate

With empty pockets, I was robbed of the daughter that I bore

My own mother told them lies, and I was shattered to the core

I turned to drugs to numb the pain, surviving fire and disease

I was dying in the dark, brought completely to my knees

But God didn't let me break

When the enemy tried to take me out

He walked beside me through the flames

And pulled me from the shadow of my doubt

The fighter in me wouldn't just give up

He took the ashes and He filled my cup

Yeah, God didn't let me break

I kneeled down by the riverbank, a heavy needle in my arm

I asked the Lord to help me leave, to save me from the final harm

Then like a vision from above, my daughter's memory rushed right in

I dropped the needle in the dirt, and knew my healing could begin

I got up from the water's edge and started fighting for my life

Stepping out of the abyss, walking away from all the strife

'Cause God didn't let me break

When the enemy tried to take me out

He walked beside me through the flames

And pulled me from the shadow of my doubt

The fighter in me wouldn't just give up

He took the ashes and He filled my cup

Yeah, God didn't let me break

Now I'm standing three years strong, offering a second chance

Giving hope to those released, helping broken lives advance

Through the advocacy and the kits, I see His mercy on display

And after thirty stolen years, my daughter's back with me today

Everything that tried to kill me, Jesus turned to victory

I'm living out the life I should, exactly who I'm meant to be

'Cause God didn't let me break

When the enemy tried to take me out

He walked beside me through the flames

And pulled me from the shadow of my doubt

The fighter in me wouldn't just give up

He took the ashes and He filled my cup

No, God didn't let me break

He never let me break