Gratitude

Nichole Nordeman is one of my favorite artists.  I've talked about some of her songs here before, but this one has been going through my head for weeks.


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 and 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 todayPeace 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.