Saturday, March 31, 2012

Gratitude

{here's a song that I heard last night from my beautiful friend Gabi, and it's relevant, and poignant, and should be shared}


Gratitude
Nichole Nordeman

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
What 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 . . .


Love,