Here is the chorus:
God is great
But sometimes life ain't good
When I pray
It doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anyway
I do it anyway
See about 3 years ago I had to move out of my little unit. I loved my unit a lot. It was a great size, it was comfortable, it was safe, it has a few stairs but they were manageable...I loved it. But it got sold and the new owner had to move in, so I had to move out. I packed up everything expecting to be out of housing for a few months....not for 3 years... but after a very near miss of a very nearly fatal car accident on a freeway... and realising that my work was suffering, and upon the advice of my counsellor at the time, I resigned from my very good job. It was such a hard decision to make. I stopped driving for quite awhile and for a long period of time I had no stable housing, in reality I haven't had much stable housing since then.
But this isn't about housing per se... however, I remember speaking to a friend on the phone...she was new to faith in Christ and very enthusiastic. She was like, "Oh don't worry, God will find you the perfect house." And then when I said he might not, she indicated did I have any sin or any reason why he'd hold back from me and I said not to my knowledge of any more or less then the normal person....but my point was that, just because *I* would like a new unit ot move into, does NOT mean that God was going to give me a place to live! His very own Son was homeless...if it was good enough for him, why wouldn't being entirely homeless be good enough for me too?
In so many ways, i'm blessed because I have amazing friends that I KNOW I could go crash in spare rooms and on couches and whatever I needed for periods of time, two, three, four times over, they'd have me. I have a car that to ME is comfortable and safe...I'm lucky...but just because I believe in God does NOT mean that everything is going to work out how I want it to or how I think it should work out, no way. If I've learnt ANYTHING in my life, I've learnt that God doesn't always give us what we want, he gives us what we need. So often its far more about the state of our heart then our requests....I think if the only think you truly wanted was money, prestiege or honour, then that is exactly what you'd get...but you'd find it worthless. If you realise that what you really want is God's grace, forgiveness and to do things his way...then when it comes to our own requests, then he'll override it with our true desire, to do all he wants for us and we'll, over time, realise how much better that is....but gosh it hurts in the interim. Gosh it's scary when things aren't going quite right. Gosh its hard when you don't trust your mind, your heart, your body, the systems...anything...its hard, its scary.
So loving God isn't a guarantee of an easy life and actually, if that is why you've entered into faith, you may as well chuck in the towel now because while God will NOT give us more than we can carry, he WILL allow us to have trials and tribulations and scary hard stuff to deal with! He only ever promises us that he'll walk with us, that there is NO place that he cannot reach us in and that it'll be worth it in the end...he doesn't promise easy or perfect.
The other bit of the song, just to consider (and please consider watching the youtube clip because it has more words there then the song itself has, words that are important)...sometimes we don't always know WHY we're doing something, sometimes things change in a heartbeat and what was thriving is then drowning...but it doesn't mean it was wrong or bad, it just means things changed. So if you have a dream or an idea or you're following after God's will and it seems impossible, don't give up, commit it before God and do your best to do all you can and leave the rest up to God to do...its a partnership.
Anyway - Martina McBride
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uLtyzRgmyI&feature=artistob&playnext=1&list=TLp-PM5VMqstM
You can spend your whole life buildin'
Somethin' from nothin'
One storm can come and blow it all away
Build it anyway
You can chase a dream
That seems so out of reach
And you know it might not ever come your way
Dream it anyway
[chorus:]
God is great, but sometimes life ain't good
When I pray it doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anyway
I do it anyway
This world's gone crazy and it's hard to believe
That tomorrow will be better than today
Believe it anyway
You can love someone with all your heart
For all the right reasons
And in a moment they can choose to walk away
love 'em anyway
[chorus]
You can pour your soul out singing
A song you believe in
That tomorrow they’ll forget you ever sang
Sing it anyway
Yeah, sing it anyway
I sing, I dream, I love
Anyway
yeah
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