Sunday Prayer: I'll Wait

My prayer tonight is a song I have been listening to a lot lately, called “I’ll Wait.”  It is written and sung by Sara Groves on her Invisible Empires album.

She wrote this song during a stressful time of life. On her website, Groves says, "I knew from the beginning this is something I'm going to have to walk through, but I also knew from the very beginning I was going to be a stronger person when I came out the other side. So that song is saying, ‘Now more than ever I know, I know that I have to wait for You. I can't move on my own.'"  It is a prayer of trust during a difficult time, when she didn’t know how everything would work out.  And that is my prayer, too.   

I can't run with the horses

If I can't keep up with men

I can fight all these forces

On my own and never win

I can take it from here

And have nowhere to go

I could take it for years

And have nothing to show

I can work like the devil

Build a tower to the sky

I can work for my possessions

Till they empty me of life

I can build my own house

And be building in vain

I can plant a seed

But I can't bring the rain

I'll wait for you

Now more than ever

I see it's true

Now more than ever

I'll wait for you now

I can take my own vengeance

Make a war of all my pain

I can get my own insurance

Find a way to lay the blame

I can win the whole world

And lose my own soul

Holding on for dear life

Spinning out of control

I'll wait for you

Now more than ever

I see it's true

Now more than ever

I'll wait for you now

I don't want to do this by myself

I know I need your help

And so I'm waiting for you

I can take it from here

And have nowhere to go

I can take it for years

And have nothing to show

I'll wait for you

Now more than ever

I see it's true

Now more than ever

I'll wait for you

I don't want to do this by myself

I know I need your help

And so I'm waiting for you

P.S. When I read her bio, I discovered that kids from NewCity Kids, where my sister used to work, sing in “Eyes on the Prize” on the same album.  Very cool!