As I looked out at the rain one gray, soggy day...
I bowed my head and started to pray...

"Father, where are you; Oh why can' t I see...
through the veil at your face as you watch over me!
I want to be close to you and know that you're near.
even though I lack faith and wrestle with fear.
I know that you love me, and I know that you care
but this journey is filled with such pain and despair...
that I often lose focus, then your plan I can't see
I get my eyes on the "world" and lose sight of the tree.
I stumble and slip and let go of the rod.
I forget to give thanks to my savior and G-d.
As the vapors engulf me and the light starts to fade...
The Holy Spirit reminds me of the price that you paid.
If it wasn't for Jesus or Adam's decision to fall,
I'd have no life to thank you for, raindrops and all.

So Father, I come before you with so much to say...
So much to be thankful for, on this blustery day.
Thank you for trials and trouble and pain...
Thank you for the freshness, after the rain.
Thank you for the clouds that block the sun's ray...
Thank you for your Spirit who reminds me to pray.
Thank you for the hills that I struggle to climb...
they mold me and strengthen me, and prepare me in time...
to fight off temptation and give me the grace...
to see through Satan's lies by the light of your face.
Thank you for a prophet in these latter days...
Thank you for this church and the change in my ways.
I know it was you who brought me thus far...
I know my Lord Jesus has my tears in his jar.
In the name of my savior, I most humbly pray...
Thank you, Heavenly Father for this gray, soggy day!"

Author's note: He does have your tears in a jar!!! (Psalms 56:8)