"40 Days" by Third DayHere I am at what feels like the end
And so I come to You, my Lord, again
With this burden buried deep within
This heart that You have made
In this trial that I'm going through
I don't question 'cause I know it's true
That the sorrow brings me back to You
And You have made me stronger
It's been forty days and forty nights
Down the road of many trials
And I pray it's only for a season
'Cause in the wilderness and in the flood
You're the one I'm thinking of
And I know You've brought me for a reason
I have one more thing I've got to say
Before they try to take my life away
Let it be known that I am not afraid
Let Your will be done, Lord
It's been forty days and forty nights
Down the road of many trials
And I pray it's only for a season
'Cause in the wilderness and in the flood
You're the one I'm thinking of
And I know You've brought me for a reason
Down the road of many trials
And I pray it's only for a season
'Cause in the wilderness and in the flood
You're the one I'm thinking of
And I know You've brought me for a reason
I have had a trying sort of time lately. Today I got a response back from my Dream School, Rice. They don't want me either. So instead of talking to Gary on the way home tonight (I needed the time to myself to think). I drove about 60 the whole way with Third Day's Album "Come Together" and talked to God, in my very unpolished and odd sort of way.
Some of you may know that I like Third Day a great deal. Tonight, every question I put to the Lord, every doubt and fear I voiced, seemed to find a answering lyric in the next song. Right now I'm on a "road of many trials and I pray it's only for a season." I know that ultimatly things will work out, and what seems so bad now, will pass.
Chorus and second verse to "Get On"
Get on, get on, get on away from me
If you're trying to bring me down
If you're trying to bring me down
Get on, get on, get on away from me
If you're trying to bring me down
If you're trying to bring me down
So if you want to break me you better stay away
I won't listen, noI won't listen to you today
Excuse me if I still question
Carefully all of your intentions
I've decided that I won't listen
Because your words only bring division
I have decided to no longer listen to my doubts and fears about everything, and instead stay up beat despite what comes.
Chorus and second verse of "I Got You"
'Cause I've got everything I need
I got everything
I got You and You're putting it all together
And it doesn't get any better as far as I can tell
I got You right now and ever after
And it doesn't even really matter
That I've got nothing else
'Cause I got You
Where do I go when I want to know the truth?
It isn't me, well it's only You
When will I know what You have for me to do?
Is it now or is it coming soon?
Be it pleasure or be it pain
I'm ready for whatever life may bring
'Cause I know that in the end
Everything works together
For the good of those who love Him
I guess this just says it all. No matter what happens with Grad school, the family/wedding situation, classes, work, any of it. I am not going to lose sight of the bigger picture because even if things are rotten they could always be worse, I am thankful for daily blessings because even in tribulation "it doesn't get any better as far as I can tell" and that "whatever life may bring" I have Him and "it doesn't even really matter that I've got nothing else."
