Our Hope Endures

I can't seem to get the song added to our playlist so you can listen to it from our blog, but I wanted to post the words that I hear at least once a day that are so encouraging. (the song is really powerful too, so I hope to get it on here soon!) Having faith doesn't mean the rain stops. It doesn't mean life won't happen. It does mean that when life DOES happen, you're not alone and you will get through it. I especially identify with the line that says "our Hope endures the worst of conditions" it doesn't say it keeps us from them. But it endures in spite of them.


Our Hope Endures by Natalie Grant

You would think only so much can go wrong
Calamity only strikes once
And you assume this one has suffered her share
Life will be kinder from here
Oh, but sometimes the sun stays hidden for years
Sometimes the sky rains night after night
When will it clear?

But our Hope endures the worst of conditions
It's more than our optimism
Let the earth quake
Our Hope is unchanged

How do we comprehend peace within pain?
Or joy at a good man's wake?
Walk a mile with the woman whose body is racked
With illness, oh how can she laugh?
Oh, 'cause sometimes the sun stays hidden for years
Sometimes the sky rains night after night
When will it clear?

But our Hope endures the worst of conditions
It's more than our optimism
Let the earth quake
Our Hope is unchanged

Emmanuel, God is with us
El Shaddai, all sufficient
We never walk alone
And this is our hope

But our Hope endures the worst of conditions
It's more than our optimism
Let the earth quake
Our Hope is unchanged