Thursday, March 19, 2009

Our Hope Endures

This song is amazing. It is by Natalie Grant (check her out: http://www.nataliegrant.com/) I praise the Lord my life has been un-eventful and calamity-free for the most part--unlike some people in my life. When calamity does strike I will cling to this song. I just wanted to share this with anyone who stopps by my little corner of the internet...I pray it blesses you!

You would think only So much can go wrong
Calamity only strikes once
And you assume that this One has suffered her share
Life will be kinder from here

[Chorus:]
Sometimes the sun Stays hidden for years
Sometimes the sky Rains night after night
When will it clear
But our hope endures The worst of conditions
It's more than our optimism
Let the earth quake
Our hope is unchanged

How do we comprehend Peace within pain
Our joy at a good man's wake
Walk a mile with a woman Whose body is torn
With illness But she marches on

[Chorus]
Sometimes the sun Stays hidden for years
Sometimes the sky Rains night after night
When will it clear
But our hope endures The worst of conditions
It's more than our optimism
Let the earth quake
Our hope is unchanged

Emanuel, God is with us
El Shaddai, all sufficient
Emanuel, God is with us
El Shaddai, all sufficient
Emanuel, God is with us
El Shaddai, all sufficient

We never walk alone
This is our hope
Our hope endures The worst of conditions
It's more Than our optimism
Let the earth quake
Let the earth quake
Let the earth quake
Our hope is unchanged
"This very honest lyric was written for a woman who was struggling greatly with her battle of cancer. Life so often doesn't make sense and I can so relate with the Psalmist when he wonders why the wicked prosper and the righteous suffer. But our hope endures the worst of conditions. We serve an everlasting, all-knowing, all-sufficient God, our El-Shaddai, our Emmanuel, our only Hope in this life." - Natalie Grant

1 comment:

Chillin' with Lemonade said...

Yep yep. this is my ringtone and "fall asleep" song.