Gratitude

Send some rain, would You send some rain?
Cause the earth is dry and needs to drink again
And the sun is high and we are sinking in the shade
Would You send a cloud, thunder long and loud?
Let the sky grow black and send some mercy down
Surely You can see that we are thirsty and afraid
But maybe not, not today
Maybe You'll provide in other ways
And if that's the case ...

We'll give thanks to You with gratitude
For lessons learned in how to thirst for You
How to bless the very sun that warms our face
If You never send us rain

Daily bread, give us daily bread
Bless our bodies, keep our children fed
Fill our cups, then fill them up again tonight
Wrap us up and warm us through
Tucked away beneath our sturdy roofs
Let us slumber safe from danger's view this time
Or maybe not, not today
Maybe You'll provide in other ways
And if that's the case...

We'll give thanks to You with gratitude
A lesson learned to hunger after You
That a starry sky offers a better view
If no roof is overhead
And if we never taste that bread

Oh, the differences that often are between
Everything we want and what we really need
So grant us peace, Jesus, grant us peace
Move our hearts to hear a single beat
Between alibis and enemies tonight
Or maybe not, not today
Peace might be another world away
And if that's the case...

We'll give thanks to You with gratitude
For lessons learned in how to trust in You
That we are blessed beyond what we could ever dream
In abundance or in need
And if You never grant us peace...
But, Jesus, would You please...

You know this song never ceases to amaze me. No matter how many times I listen to it or how many times someone sings it in church. Its just so powerful.

Even though God doesn't Provide you with what you think you need or what you want, we should thank him for not giving that to us. Because in the end who really knows the best? Us or God? Duh.

This part especially; "Bless our bodies keep our children fed... Tucked away between our sturdy roofs... Or maybe not, not today. And if that's the case... We give thanks to you with gratitude, that a starry sky offers a better view is no roof is over head."

Seriously, if I was homeless would I be praising God because I could see the stars? I seriously don't know. That would be so hard. But that's what has to happen. Even in the bad times think positive and worship God for what you have... Even if you think that is nothing. That is what God is there for. He is there for us in times when we need Him the most, and times like that are the very times we need Him the most. I want to be like that. I want to worship God and trust Him in the hard times. I hope and pray that I will succeed. Because I haven't really come across a time like that yet in my life. But when I do, He'll be there, and I hope I see Him.

:)

Melis