Will You Bring Hope

I wrote a song for this project. I was inspired by the readings on the Dark Night of the Soul and Psalm 42.

For the last year my brother and his family has been going through a devastating time. Their 7 year old daughter suddenly began to get sick, reverting to living like a 3 year old and not responding to anyone. In the last 6 months she has taken to screaming hours of the day, not sleeping, pulling her hair out and hitting herself. None of the doctors or specialists know what it is, they keep running tests and changing their minds. In the meantime my brother and his wife and son have been dealing with all of this on their own, without medical treatment (since no one knows what it is).

I thought of them while reading the dark night of the soul part of the course. So I wrote a song for them in light of this. I know it is not a congregational song, maybe parts could be done in a church setting, I'm not sure. But for them, this is worship, and for me, it is my prayer. So even though it is not ever going to be sung on a Sunday morning, it will hopefully bring them to an intimate place with God with honest emotion and trust in Him in the midst of it.

Here is the link: www.myspace.com/mysistercrystalmusic . I have also attached it to this. On myspace I have a few other songs that reflect the themes of this course - Intimacy, Almighty God (kingdom expectation) and Come Undone (intimacy and the dark night).

This song is called Will You Bring Hope

The nights are full of prayers that seem to hit the ceiling
These nights are made of sleepless nightmares we've been dreaming
Will You come and wake us up and make it day
The days are full of tears that happen in the waiting
These days are full of questions answers are evading
Will You come and lift us up and heal again

Will You bring hope to a restless, tired heart
Will You bring life you promised to impart
Make us whole

These times have shown in us the arrogance we're feeling
We climb our towers thinking we can bring our healing
Will You come and wake us up from the dead

My hope is in You, my God
My hope is in You, who saves me from the dark
I will praise Your name
For I know that You will save