Grace Brumley - Thank You for the Storm

Lyrics Verse 1: It's a blessing when I see the dark clouds parting When the rain is gone, and 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 Chorus: 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 the 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 Verse 2: Imagine as Peter sat in prison He may have paced the floor with chains around his feet And in his mind the devil taunted it as he whispers the battles lost and this is your defeat But 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 Chorus: 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 the 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 Bridge: If my life were free of trials Lord I'd lose my view of you They’re 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