Wonderful World, Chris Eaton

Last stop before bed tonight: one of my 5 star mp3s. I've never listened so closely to the lyrics. Unbelievable! I always caught the "wonderful" part and never really heard the reality of the pain that came before. This is so good.

It's like Romans 8:26,28 from The Message: Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. ...That's why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.

 Wonderful World

I have shouldered the blame far too long
I have hidden my light under a cloud
Only in these days of release
Have I understood mercy and grace



I am sailing an ocean of love
I am crossing the great big divide
Right out of the depths of despair
You lifted me high, took the veil from my eyes

 After all the rain comes the dawning of a brand new day
Oh what a wonderful world
Oh what a wonderful world

There's a couple embraced on a hill
There's a child on the sand skimming stones
Over the break of the waves
Is the burning sky to which belong

There's no doubt I have learned from the pain
I pray Jesus will halt its return
Even in the heart of the storm
I am able to stand, `cause I know Who I am

 After all the rain comes the dawning of a brand new day
Oh what a wonderful world
Oh what a wonderful world

For you and for me and for everyone who will believe
There's a hope there's a power
There's a stream of living water that flows so far
 We can all be forgiven if we raise our hands to heaven
For the days our grace, are a prayer away
And then like me you will see, you will see

What a wonderful world
What a wonderful world
What a wonderful world
What a wonderful world
What a wonderful world
What a wonderful world

 Written by Chris Eaton 1995 Clouseau Music/SGO Music Publishing Ltd