Let The Rains Come

THE LANDSCAPE IS GROWING DREAR
WHAT ONCE WAS GREEN IS BROWN
PLANTS THAT ONCE STOOD TALL AND STRAIGHT
ARE WITHERED AND WEIGHTED DOWN

MY LIFE HAS BECOME LIKE THAT BARREN LAND
EVERY TASK MORE LIKE A CHORE
I THIRST JUST LIKE THOSE DYING PLANTS
FOR THE HEALING RAINS ONCE MORE

LET THE RAINS COME INTO MY LIFE
THE HEALING DROPS FROM ABOVE
THE RAINS THAT CLEANSE MY HURTING HEART
WITH THE POWER OF GOD'S LOVE

WE ALL HAVE TIMES WHEN WE FEEL
THAT WE ARE AS THAT BARREN LAND
WHEN IT SEEMS WE JUST DO THE MOTIONS
TRYING TO MAKE IT AS BEST WE CAN

IT IS DURING THOSE TRYING TIMES
WE NEED OUR FATHER THE MOST
TO BRING THE RAINS INTO OUR LIVES
TO LOVE US AND HOLD US CLOSE

I CAN SEE THE CLOUDS BUILDING UP
SMELL THE SCENT OF RAIN IN THE AIR
I KNOW MY FATHER IS COMING TO HEAL MY SOUL
WITH HIS TENDER LOVING CARE

SO LET THE RAINS COME DEAR LORD
I NEED THEIR PEACE TODAY
COME WASH MY HURTING, ACHING SOUL
COME FILL ME WITH YOUR GRACE.

written June 21, 2007 when a couple of friends and I were going thru some rough times...