Blood red are the tears we cry
So far from Your design
Oh God, hear me tonight
Though the waters rise
They will not pull me under
When the mountain slides
And crashes to the sea
I will lift my eyes
And call out to You Father
Be my covering
War-torn are the rags of every nation
Fear lives in the heart of every home
Louder than the groans of creation
O, my God, be the voice of hope
Though the waters rise
They will not pull me under
When the mountain slides
And crashes to the sea
I will lift my eyes
And call out to You Father
Be my covering
Words and music by Bebo Norman and Jason Ingram
© 2006 Appstreet Music/ New Spring. All rights reserved.
Right now I'm going to take a break from my story and stop on one of the songs from that CD I received in the last post. (As I said before, read these posts in chronological order... which means starting at the bottom and working your way up) The verses to this song, called "Be My Covering," could so easily be heard in the cry of the children in the nations where Compassion works. They are suffering. From lack of food, shelter, and clean water, inability to get an education, and more importantly because they do not have the love of God in their lives. Many of these children have never even heard the name of Jesus, let alone of His love for them. Yet through the provision of Compassion International's sponsors, they are seeing their physical needs met - as well as their spiritual needs. They can see God's love for them through the love showed to them by another child of God - their sponsor, a person who cares about them because Jesus cares for them, although they live in totally different parts of the globe and may never have met each other. It is in seeing Jesus' love for them in this way that many children in Compassion-assisted countries will begin to see that even when, "The sun gives to a darkened sky/blood red are the tears we cry// war-torn are the rags of every nation/ fear lives in the heart of every man," Their loving Father will be their refuge so that they can say with confidence in their Savior, "Though the waters rise
They will not pull me under/When the mountain slides/And crashes to the sea/I will lift my eyes/And call out to You Father/Be my covering"
They will not pull me under/When the mountain slides/And crashes to the sea/I will lift my eyes/And call out to You Father/Be my covering"
