I recently stumbled across a great find. Sanctus Real is a Christian band from Toledo – Ohio. After hearing their new single “Forgiven” and browsing around I realised I heard them before through their cover of “Beautiful Day” from U2 and other songs like “I’m not Alright” (love it), “Fight the Tide” and “Sing”.

The following excerpt provides some background behind the single in their own words.

Forgiven came from an instance when we were talking honestly as a band about feeling the wear and tear of our insecurities. At the end of the conversation, we realized that no matter what we are or what we’ve done in this world, to other people, or even to ourselves, what we truly are and will always be is “…a treasure in the arms of Christ.”

It’s so hard to see past our weakness and failures sometimes, or rather the things WE think are weakness and failures. They can corner us…trick us into believing we can’t be used effectively by God. But God’s strength is perfected in our weakness (2nd Corinthians 12:9)…It’s when he can use us most!

The message we hope to convey in this song is this…We’ll always have weakness. We’ll always make honest mistakes. It’s part of being human. God’s great promise though is that we can always run into his arms, and we’ll always be Forgiven.”

- Sanctus Real

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