Choose This Day
We will make our home
Wherever the Lord may lead
Serving Christ alone,
We’ll live as a family
There is hope in the place of catastrophe,
In what we choose this day
The trees are without blossom;
No fruit is on the vine
The harvest we were counting on
Will not come in this time
No food is on the table;
No water in the well
If we survive this famine,
Oh, the stories we will tell
We may be driven far away from here;
We may be tempted to hold on to fear
But when our dreams have all gone up in smoke,
We refuse to give up hope because…
We will make our home
Wherever the Lord may lead
Serving Christ alone,
We’ll live as a family
There is hope in the place of catastrophe,
In what we choose this day
The sheep have all been scattered;
My heart's an empty pen
The things that seemed to matter
Desert me once again
But looking to the future,
Discov'ring life anew
We're building on a fresh foundation,
Eternal, brave, and true
We may be driven far away from here;
We may be tempted to hold on to fear
But when our dreams have all gone up in smoke,
We refuse to give up hope because…
We will make our home
Wherever the Lord may lead
Serving Christ alone,
We’ll live as a family
There is hope in the place of catastrophe,
In what we choose this day
We will make our home
Wherever the Lord may lead
Serving Christ alone,
We’ll live as a family
There is hope in the place of catastrophe,
In what we choose this day
Psalm 88 (Hear My Cry)
My soul is full of trouble;
I am pulled towards the grave
On the list of doomed and dying,
Weak, forsaken, like the slain
Whom You pull your hand away from
And forget like faded paths
You have put me in the deepest,
Darkest pit beneath Your wrath
Chorus:
Lord, God of my salvation,
I call both day and night
Allow my prayer before You,
Tilt Your ear to hear my cry
My soul is full of trouble;
I am pulled towards the grave
On the list of doomed and dying,
Weak, forsaken, like the slain
Whom You pull your hand away from
And forget like faded paths
You have put me in the deepest,
Darkest pit beneath Your wrath
Chorus:
Lord, God of my salvation,
I call both day and night
Allow my prayer before You,
Tilt Your ear to hear my cry
Your oppression swells and surges;
Every friend you've chased away
They despise me, I’m imprisoned;
You allow me no escape
I am blinded by affliction,
Yet I cry out every day
Lord, to You my hands are lifted,
Open, hear me as I pray
CHORUS
Do You show the dead Your wonders?
Do they rise and shout Your praise?
Will the chaos sing Your faithful love,
Your mercy's power to save?
Does darkness hide Your miracles,
Making all forget Your light?
Yet I'll cry to You, and will not
Cease my prayers, morning and night
CHORUS
My soul, Lord, You've rejected.
You keep hiding from me--why?
I am drowning in Your terrors,
Death and suffering are my life
I've been scalded by Your anger,
By Your terrors been destroyed
See them ceaseless in their swirling;
I'm surrounded by the void
CHORUS
Lord, all who ever loved me,
You have ripped them from my hands
All You leave me are the shadows;
In the dark I find my friends