Bring the Rain

Do you ever find it difficult to pray certain prayers? A friend recently told me about a song by Mercy Me called "Bring the Rain." It's an incredibly powerful song. You can listen to it on iTunes.

The lyrics of Bring the Rain are very challenging for me to pray. Here they are:

I can count a million times
People asking me how I
Can praise You with all that I've gone through
The question just amazes me
Can circumstances possibly
Change who I forever am in You
Maybe since my life was changed
Long before these rainy days
It's never really ever crossed my mind
To turn my back on you, oh Lord
My only shelter from the storm
But instead I draw closer through these times
So I pray

Bring me joy, bring me peace
Bring the chance to be free
Bring me anything that brings You glory
And I know there'll be days
When this life brings me pain
But if that's what it takes to praise You
Jesus, bring the rain

I am Yours regardless of
The clouds that may loom above
Because You are much greater than my pain
You who made a way for me
By suffering Your destiny
So tell me what's a little rain
So I pray


Are you going through a season of rain? Your home, your marriage, other relationships, your health? Take heart that your pain is not going unnoticed. Your season of rain can be used by God to bring Him glory.

May each of us have the strength and the courage to pray that God would bring the rain in order that we might praise Him more fully.