my new favorite song.

this one's been out awhile but i've NEVER heard it.
and it is incredible.
i love the message and lyrics and theology.
i love that we can ask God for things, be real with Him, and know that He will take care of us, even if it isn't how we imagined.
amazing.

you can hear the song on this Youtube video, but it has spanish lyrics. odd....but you can hear it at least. oh, man, it is just a beautiful song.



here are the lyrics in English:


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 . . .



(Chorus)



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 . . .



(Chorus)



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 . . .



(Chorus)



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 . .