Friday 16 June 2017

Weep With Me

In the week after the Manchester bomb, the Irish Band, Rend Collective, sought to write something to express their feelings. Since they wrote this song, we have seen still more violence on London Bridge, and the horrifying tragedy at the Grenfell Tower.
They said "Can worship and suffering co-exist? Can pain and praise inhabit the same space? Can we sing that God is good when life is not? When there are more questions than answers? The Bible says a resounding Yes! : these songs are called laments and they make up a massive portion of the Psalms." Here is "Weep With Me" - a lament from Rend...

Weep with me,
Lord, will you weep with me?
I don’t need answers
All I need is to know you care for me
Hear my plea – are you even listening?
Lord, I will wrestle with your heart  
...but I won’t let you go
You know I believe, help my unbelief
Yet I will praise you, yet I will sing of your name
Here in the shadows, I’ll light up an offering of praise
What was true in the light is still true in the dark
You’re good and you’re kind and you care for this heart
Lord, I believe that you weep with me
Part the seas Lord, make a way for me
Here in the midst of my lament, I have faith
Yes, I still believe that you love me
Your plans are to prosper me
You’re working everything for good
…even when I can’t see
You know I believe, 
...help my unbelief
Yet I will praise you, yet I will sing of your name
Here in the shadows, I’ll light up an offering of praise
What was true in the light
...is still true in the dark
You’re good and you’re kind and you care for this heart
Lord, I believe that you weep with me
I believe that you care, I love you Lord
You hear the cries of the oppressed and the heart-broken
Turn my lament into a love song, transform me
Turn my lament into an anthem, I need you now
Turn my lament into a love song, raise it up
Turn my lament into an anthem, yet I will praise you

Yet I will sing of your name
Lord, I believe that you weep with me

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