Praying the Blues - Singing our Prayers

Matt and Beth Redman wrote the song “Blessed Be Your Name” as a lament for our day. There is a heavy emphasis on trust and praise in both good times and bad. These were the words my wife learned to pray and then clung to in our childless years. When God surprised us with a daughter, we knew this would be sung at her baptism. Truly a song for all seasons. The bridge is from Job 1:21

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Blessed be your name in the land that is plentiful Where your streams of abundance flow Blessed be your name Blessed be your name when I'm found in the desert place Though I walk through the wilderness Blessed be your name Every blessing you pour out I'll turn back to praise When the darkness closes in, Lord, still I will say- Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be your name Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be your glorious name Blessed be your name when the sun’s shining down on me When the world's all as it should be Blessed be your name Blessed be your name on the road marked with suffering Though there’s pain in the offering Blessed be your name You give and take away You give and take away My heart will choose to say Lord, blessed be your name