READY FOR GOOD.

TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT HAS NOT BEEN SO GREAT….
IT’S BEEN FILLED WITH SORROW AND PAIN.
I’M WAITING, I’M HOPING FOR SOMETHING GOOD.
PLEASE LORD, STOP SENDING THE RAIN.

LIFE HAS BEEN FILLED WITH TRIALS AND SORROW
FOR ME, THIS YEAR WAS SO FULL OF SADNESS.
HOW I LONG FOR YOU TO DO SOMETHING GOOD, LORD
HOW I PRAY YOU’LL FILL MY LIFE WITH GLADNESS.

I KNOW ULTIMATELY IN THE END YOU WILL STOP
THE PAIN, HEARTACHES, WORRIES, AND TEARS.
BUT HOW I KEEP PRAYING AND WISHING AND HOPING
THAT RIGHT NOW YOU’LL CALM MY PAIN AND MY FEARS.

I DON’T WANT TO SPEND ANOTHER DAY, FATHER,
WAITING FOR SOMETHING GOOD TO COME MY WAY…
HOW LONG, O LORD, HOW LONG WILL I WAIT?
WON’T YOU PLEASE DO SOMETHING TODAY?

AND NOT ONLY FOR ME DO I CRY “MARANATHA!”..
I CRY THAT FOR PEOPLE ALL AROUND THAT I SEE…
THE HEARTACHE, THE DEATH, THE POVERTY, SADNESS…
I CRY TO YOU, LORD, ANSWER MY PLEA!!!

SO MANY THINGS IN LIFE WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER,
SO MANY THINGS HAPPEN IN SPITE OF US…
PLEASE, LORD, COME AND DO SOMETHING GOOD,
FOR IT’S ONLY IN YOU I CAN TRUST.

YOU KNOW I’LL FOLLOW LORD, WHEREVER YOU LEAD,
BUT I DON’T THINK I CAN MUCH LONGER TAKE
THE GRIEF, THE SORROW, THE PAIN, THE HURT
PLEASE COME NOW, FOR YOUR NAME’S SAKE.

PLEASE COME LORD, DON’T TARRY-
HASTEN TO ME. YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE I FOLLOW BEHIND.
PLEASE BRING NEW HOPE AND LIFE TO YOUR CHILDREN..
PLEASE COME IN TWO THOUSAND AND NINE.

I’M NOT SURE, LORD WHY YOU DO SOME THINGS
I’M NOT SURE WHAT MAKES YOU DECIDE…
WHO GOES AND WHO STAYS, WHO HAS TO HAVE PAIN…
SOME DAYS I STILL JUST WANT TO HIDE.

STILL I KNOW YOU HOLD THE POWER OF LIFE
IN THE VERY PALM OF YOUR HAND…
I KNOW THAT YOU LOVE ME, I KNOW THAT YOU’RE HERE,
BUT SOMETIMES I JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND.

I’M READY FOR RAINBOWS, ALL FULL OF HOPE.
I’M READY FOR SOME GOOD AROUND ME.
AND NOT ONLY FOR ME, FOR MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS…
PLEASE, LORD JESUS, BRING US HARMONY.

JESSICA SCHAFER October 2, 2008