Send Your Rain by Brenton Brown
Send Your rain
Send Your rain
Let Your healing fall on our hearts again
We are dry
We're crying out
Savior send the streams that will break the drought
Send Your rain
Generous God You pour out
Tender mercies on Your children
In Your grace hear us now,
Send Your rain
Send Your rain
As I sit here on my couch writing this blog I can hear the rain, wind, and thunder all around me as a monsoon storm descends upon the desert. I started to think about this new song we have been singing at church as a benediction before we dismiss and it has quickly become one of my favorite songs. It speaks to me in several ways as a literal send your rain because I live in Arizona and we desperately need the rain but more importantly it speaks of a quenching downpour of mercy and grace that no physical rain could ever satisfy.
I have had a very interesting last 11 months and the one image that has gotten me through is where I am standing with my arms open wide with nothing left in me while rain pours down over me. I imagine God pouring every ounce of blessing He has for me and I can do nothing to escape it. I may get soaked and not understand why but in the end I know that by sending His rain I will come to know the healing that only He provides.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Wk 3 Choice - Send your rain
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That's a wonderful image to hang on to.
ReplyDeleteDrew
ReplyDeleteThis song really speaks to my heart as well! Thank you for sharing it!
Your image is beautiful and oh so true! "I imagine God pouring every ounce of blessing He has for me and I can do nothing to escape it. I may get soaked and not understand why but in the end I know that by sending His rain I will come to know the healing that only He provides." As we are so close to the end of this chapter, this is the image and truth we must cling to! Without a doubt, YOU have been a huge blessing to me these past 11 months, and truly I recognize that as a poured out blessing from God!
Wow Drew!
ReplyDeleteWhen God brings us to the end of ourselves and to the beginning of him, when we're no longer in the place we thought we would or should be, when we have nothing left to do but cry out to him, that is the most beautiful combination of healing, compassion, mercy and faith. It's my favorite place to be in the presence of the Lord. It is in that place that I'm reminded I am not, nor do I need to be in control. But the sovereign creator of the universe has taken care of everything. What an amazing and beautiful description you've blessed me with today. Thank you!