Gratitude-Nichole Nordeman

[ti:Gratitude] [ar:Nichole Nordeman] [al:Gratitude (Premiere Performance Plus Track)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Gratitude - Nichole Nordeman [00:10.47]Send some rain would you send some rain [00:14.40]Cause the earth is dry and needs to drink again [00:19.37]And the sun is high and we are sinking in the shade [00:26.12] [00:29.09]Would you send a cloud thunder long and loud [00:33.82]Let the sky grow black and send some mercy down [00:38.77]Surely you can see that we are thirsty and afraid [00:45.34] [00:48.35]But maybe not not today [00:52.76] [00:53.39]Maybe you'll provide in other ways [00:57.67]And if that's the case [01:01.17] [01:02.11]We'll give thanks to you with gratitude [01:07.65]For lessons learned in how to thirst for you [01:12.32]How to bless the very sun that warms our face [01:17.15]If you never send us rain [01:22.15] [01:29.72]Daily bread give us daily bread [01:34.20]Bless our bodies keep our children fed [01:38.98]Fill our cups then fill them up again tonight [01:45.60] [01:48.56]Wrap us up and warm us through [01:52.84] [01:53.48]Tucked away beneath our sturdy roofs [01:58.37]Let us slumber safe from danger's view this time [02:04.86] [02:07.79]Or maybe not not today [02:12.70]Maybe you'll provide in other ways [02:16.90]And if that's the case [02:19.97] [02:21.59]We'll give thanks to you with gratitude [02:26.83]A lesson learned to hunger after you [02:31.39]That a starry sky offers a better view [02:36.33]If no roof is overhead [02:40.39] [02:41.09]And if we never taste that bread [02:46.37] [02:49.74]Oh the differences that often are between [02:57.62] [02:59.17]Everything we want and what we really need [03:07.87] [03:10.21]So grant us peace Jesus grant us peace [03:14.73] [03:15.39]Move our hearts to hear a single beat [03:19.08] [03:19.94]Between alibis and enemies tonight [03:26.22] [03:29.04]Or maybe not not today [03:34.29]Peace might be another world away [03:38.46]And if that's the case [03:42.38] [03:43.35]We'll give thanks to you with gratitude [03:48.45]For lessons learned in how to trust in you [03:53.08]That we are blessed beyond what we could ever dream [03:57.54]In abundance or in need [04:02.42]And if you never grant us peace [04:07.57]But Jesus would you please