05 August 2011

Cherry-picking the attributes of an Omnipotent God

How shall we, from whom God has so often withheld the ill we do deserve, complain when He doesn't always give us the good that we don't?




We pray for blessings, we pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering

All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops?
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near?

What if trials of this life
Are Your mercies in disguise?

We pray for wisdom, Your voice to hear
We cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough

And all the while You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears?
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near?

And what if trials of this life
Are Your mercies in disguise

When friends betray us, when darkness seems to win
We know the pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is not our home
It's not our home

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears?
And what if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near?

What if my greatest disappointments
Or the achings of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst
This world can’t satisfy?

And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise?

1 comment:

darlin said...

I love this piece of writing... oh sorry, I'm being rude. Allow me to introduce myself, I'm Darlene, darlin on blogger, and live in northern Alberta. I was browsing though blogs this morning (like I have time to sit behind a computer but that's another story! lol) and came across yours blog. My beliefs in life are along the lines you have posted here: I believe life challenges allow me to grow as an individual, everything in life happens for a reason and God's not a punishing God, He's a kind loving supreme being. Without personal growth I become stagnant and have nothing to strive towards and what a boring life that would be!

Well enough out of me for one morning... back to my regular scheduled program here! Have a wonderful day and a fantastic week!