This Is Your Time

Infobox Album |
Name = This Is Your Time
Type = Album
Artist = Michael W. Smith


Released = 1999
Recorded =
Genre = Christian rock
Length = 50:25
Label = Reunion Records
Producer =
Reviews = [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00002SWMT Amazon.com]

Last album = "Christmastime" (1998)
This album = "This Is Your Time" (1999)
Next album = "Freedom" (2000)

Track listing

#"Rince De" – 1:30
#"Hey You It's Me" – 4:03
#"Worth It All" – 4:03
#"I Will Be Your Friend" – 3:19
#"This Is Your Time" – 4:29
#"I Will Carry You" – 5:04
#"She Walks With Me" – 3:42
#"Reach Out to Me" – 3:59
#"I Still Have the Dream" – 4:18
#"I'm Gone" – 4:31
#"Anna" – 4:16
#"Everybody Free" – 4:43
#"This Is Your Time (Reprise)" – 2:25

Wal-Mart marketed a version of the CD with a bonus final track:

14. "From Here On" – 3:07

Notes

The title track was inspired by the suggestion that Cassie Bernall, a student killed in the Columbine High School massacre, had answered "yes" to the question "Do you believe in God?" moments after seeing another student killed for answering "yes" to that same question.

The lyrics speak vividly of what happened, the questions this raised, and the continuing impact on Christian thought:

It was a test we could all hope to pass but none of us would want to take
Faced with the choice to deny God and live, for her there was one choice to make
....
What if tomorrow
What if today
Faced with the question, oh, what would you say?
....
Fall on the mercy and hear yourself praying
"Won't you save me?"