Thank You For The Storm

It's a blessing when I see the dark clouds parting
When the rain is gone and the sun is breaking through
I anticipate when life will just be normal
Just to close my weary eyes and rest in You

My heart can rest so easy when there's blue skies
When the wind is gone and rain is not in sight
How I long to hang my sword above the mantle
Away from harm and distant from the fight

But I wouldn't know Your peace without the hard times
Or be thankful for relief without the pain
I wouldn't love the light if it were not for darkness
Or appreciate the sun without the rain

How could I understand forgiveness without failure?
Or feel the warmth of love without the bitter cold?
How could I hold your healing hands without affliction?
And be blessed to see Your mercies all unfold

Sure, it's a blessing to be safe, secure, and warm
But Lord, I want to thank You for the storm

Imagine as Peter sat in prison
He may have paced the floor with chains around his feet
And in his mind the devil taunt it as he whispers
The battle's lost and this is your defeat

Then his mind went back to that night in the tempest
When the master spoke and winds and seas obeyed
And he remembered that storm calming all around him
He could rest in that dark prison unafraid
And say

"I wouldn't know Your peace without the hard times
Or be thankful for relief without the pain
I wouldn't love the light if it were not for darkness
Or appreciate the sun without the rain"

"How could I understand forgiveness without failure?
Or feel the warmth of love without the bitter cold?
How could I hold Your healing hands without affliction?
And be blessed to see Your mercies all unfold"

Sure, it's a blessing to be safe, secure, and warm
But Lord, I want to thank You for the storm

If my life (life) were free of trials
Lord, I'd lose my view of You
There's sweet trophies that remind me of all You do

Sure, it's a blessing to be safe, secure, and warm
But Lord, I want to thank You for the storm
I'm still safe, secure, and warm
And Lord, I want to thank You for the storm