SORROW TURNED INTO JOY
Hear me, Lord, in my distress;
turn this tide of barrenness;
cause my dark despair to cease;
bless me with your gift of peace.
As did Hannah in her prayer,
all my anguish I lay bare.
Help me, then, with her, to know:
Out of sorrow, joy may flow.
When you granted her request,
your intentions were expressed,
for, through her, though once forlorn,
Israel’s hope would be reborn.
Verses 4-5 follow
7 7.7 7. First published in Tirabassi, Maren & Kathy Wonson Eddy (eds):
Gifts in Open Hands: More Worship
Resources for the Global Community (Cleveland, The Pilgrim Press, 2011)
Copyright, ©, 2009, Norman J Goreham
Used by permission CCLI Song No 5608203
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