[soc.religion.christian] God Sent the Rain

jmoon@lehi3b15.csee.lehigh.edu (Jonggu Moon [890911]) (04/23/91)

God Sent The Rain              - by H. Spirit 4/16/91

              Here I am, my       Lord my God.
              Ready to do Your    will.
              Thank You for the   gifts You've granted
       Your   plan let us    ful- fill.
        I'm   giving all my       life to You
              Send me forth to    show
         To   all the world Your  majesty
       In a   bright and heavenly glow
              Come on my Lord, no time to waste
  There are   lots of people in   need.
       Lets   make disciples of   all the nations
       Lets   scatter the Holy    Seed.
          I   don't understand my Lord my God
              Why You dally       so
              Why I haven't       heard from You
    While I   wait here ready to  go.

My son   He said
Trust in Me.
It's not time for you
You've known Me such a    little while
Your faith is very weak.
Your pride should not be  first but
My Kingdom you must seek.
Your strengths are truly  impressive
But I choose to use the meek.

So God sent the rain, cold dark rain
To wash it all away
    ...
I'll make for you   another life
Much better than    before
Your cup will     overflow with joy
You'll never want for more
The only thing you    have to do
and all I'm asking    for           is trust in Me.

               Hello Lord                 Nice to meet You
                - How have You            been ?
    Yes it's   been a while               since I prayed
    And I've   dabbled in a couple of     sins.
               Forgive me etcetera  I     know You will
               That's what I've known You for
        I'll   pray more often            from now on
    And I'll   give more things to the    poor.
               But to be honest the       reason I came
               Before You this bright Spring   day
               You see I have this exam.  Its an important one.
    And it's   only a day away.
           I   could have studied         more
But there were somethings I had to do     first
     And the   next thing you know I'm    at this party
         And   quenching a sudden         thirst.

My son, He said
Trust in Me
I have other plans for you.
You break my heart the way you treat Me
Worse than you do yourself.
To you I'm just a good luck charm
At the back of a large bookshelf.
If you choose to put things over Me then
There's not much I can help.

             So God sent the rain, cold dark rain
             To wash it all away
             ...
             I'll make for you another life
             Much better than before
             Your cup will overflow with joy
             You'll never want for more
             The only thing you have to do
             and all I'm asking for           is trust in Me.

   I fell in  love                       ---
              She came straight out of a dream.
              So full of life,           so full of laughter
        This  must be what happiness     means.
              Eyes like pearls and       hair like satin
              Oh what a sight to         see !
              All the right friends,     all the right moves
       And a  great             personality.
              Then I found out,          she like me too !
        So I  brought her into my        life.
              She was the one I was      looking for
         The  angel I want for my        wife.
           I  couldn't believe how       lucky I was
          As  any fool could             be.
        I'll  dedicate my                life to her
         And  she her  life              to me.

My son, He said
Trust in Me
This one's not for you.
She doesn't believe in Me
She thinks your faith for fools.
She'll leave you for another
And break your heart in two.
You're my child, I love you.
And I won't let her do that to you.

             So God sent the rain, cold dark rain
             To wash it all away
             ...
             I'll make for you another life
             Much better than before
             Your cup will overflow with joy
             You'll never want for more
             The only thing you have to do
             and all I'm asking for           is trust in Me.

              "FINE" I said "get       out of my life"
              "Pack up Your things and begone !"
              "From now on,            I call the shots
              *MY* will, not Yours be  done!
              What good is it in       following You
    You keep  asking me to give        up
              Everything that I        hold so dear
              Everything that I        love.
              Go on, Get out ! I       have no need
       For a  god who could cause me   pain.
              OFF OF *MY* THRONE ! I'm just trying to live
         And  all You do is send me    rain."
          It  felt so good to          vent my frustration
         And  tell Him a thing or      two.
              Then I sat back in       self exhultation
         And  waited to see what He'd  do.


                       ...I heard nothing.
                       ...He really did it.
                       ...I was alone.


        It  felt so good to             do what I wanted
     To be  free and to fend for        myself.
        To  walk any walk,              think any thought and to
        Be  free of anyone's            help.
        My  rain clouds parted and the  sun came out
       And  hightlighted all           around.
         I  took my head out of         spiritual matters
       And  planted my feet on the      ground.
    It was  then that I noticed a       terrible pain
         A  tearing of my heart         inside.
    But it  wasn't my heart, as         hard as it was
      That  felt as if it had just      died.
         I  realized then, whose        love it was
            That in such sorrow         cried.
It was the  Lord my God and his         Heavenly Son
     Whose  heart I had torn with my    pride.

My son, He said
Come back to Me
You know not what you do.
I'm the one who cares for you
I created you for me.
Then I sent my Son to die for you
In order to set you free.
I've started a great work in you
Which you'll like I guarantee.

             See my rain. Holy Rain.
             It's the blood of Christ
             To wash your sins away.
             I'll make for you another life
             Much better than before
             Your cup will overflow with joy
             You'll never want for more
             The only thing you have to do
             and all I'm asking for

          is trust in Me.


           I  felt so ashamed at       what I had done
           I  couldn't life my         head.
       I had  gone beyond           forgiveness.
      I'd be  better off to be         dead.
              What I thought was       sun light
         was  really the darkest       shades.
     And the  cold dark rain turned    out to be
           A  refreshing clear         cascade.
           I  looked about at the      things I gathered
         The  things I held so         close.
              All of them I            thought I'd gained
           I  now considered           lost.
           I  don't know what to       do now.
           I  don't know what to       say.
         The  Lord will call me        sometime soon.
       And I  dread that terrible      day.

My son, He said.
Come to Me.
I'm so proud of you.
You think you're least in my Kingdom
But you're the greatest in my eyes.
I've forgotten all your tresspasses
Your sins and all your lies.
Now come to me and take my hand
Together we will fly.

             See my rain. Holy Rain.
             It's the blood of Christ
             To wash your sins away.
             I'll make for you another life
             Much better than before
             Your cup will overflow with joy
             You'll never want for more
             The only thing you have to do
             and all I'm asking for
          is trust in Me.


             Send Your rain. Beautiful rain.
             Wash my sins away.
             You're the one who created me
             You put me in your plan.
             You sent Your Son to die for me
             And away from Him I ran.
             But now I know the absolute Truth
             And I give You all I can.
       And trust in You.

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Comments and creative criticisms more than welcome !
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btw this sounds much better when sung.
The chord progression is
for the stansas(me talking) : (D D A A D D A A C C G G C C G G ) x2
for the chorus(God talking) : (Am+2 x 4, Bm x 4, C x 8, Fx3,C, Am+2 x4) x2

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