I always can relate almost any instance in life to a song, or as a smart aleck comment I burst out in song (or a phrase of a song) that relates to the conversation. I know, a corny thing I do, and it bugs my husband to no end sometimes! (Too bad, hon!) Anyway, on a recent thread on a forum on which I post, someone asked to share a song or part of a song that has touched you. Most recently it would have to be the one in my sig on that forum by RelientK. But then I started thinking, and a few years back when life seemed really bleak (yeah, I've been there more than once), I stumbled across the hidden track on the WOW 1999 CD, and it just really helped me out. Boy, if I'd had this song recently it could've helped too, but for the life of me I couldn't even remember the title or the words, just the artist and that it truly was a God-send at the time. I finally found it (after an hour-long on-line search last evening) and here it is....
HARD TO GET
by Rich Mullins
You who live in heaven
Hear the prayers of those of us who live on earth
Who are afraid of being left by those we love
And who get hardened by the hurt
Do you remember when You lived down here where we all scrape
To find the faith to ask for daily bread
Did You forget about us after You had flown away
Well I memorized every word You said
Still I'm so scared, I'm holding my breath
While You're up there just playing hard to get
You who live in radiance
Hear the prayers of those of us who live in skin
We have a love that's not as patient as Yours was
Still we do love now and then
Did You ever know loneliness
Did You ever know need
Do You remember just how long a night can get?
When You were barely holding on
And Your friends fall asleep
And don't see the blood that's running in Your sweat
Will those who mourn be left uncomforted
While You're up there just playing hard to get?
And I know you bore our sorrows
And I know you feel our pain
And I know it would not hurt any less
Even if it could be explained
And I know that I am only lashing out
At the One who loves me most
And after I figured this, somehow
All I really need to know
Is if You who live in eternity
Hear the prayers of those of us who live in time
We can't see what's ahead
And we can not get free of what we've left behind
I'm reeling from these voices that keep screaming in my ears
All the words of shame and doubt, blame and regret
I can't see how You're leading me unless You've led me here
Where I'm lost enough to let myself be led
And so You've been here all along I guess
It's just Your ways and You are just plain hard to ge
