Friday's Songfest # 3

Here is my "Friday" song. . . I've been working off and on on a post to go along with this song but it is taking me longer than I planned--so that will have to be an Addendum to songfest#3

I love this song (another Sara Groves). It certainly resonates with me (for reasons I will expain in the later post). But read the lyrics. Who can't relate to this in some way? We all make plans for our lives. Sometimes those plans work out perfectly, other times we get something totally unexpected. But we grow from these experiences. . .

What I Thought I Wanted
Sara Groves (album: The Other Side of Something)

Tuxedo in the closet, gold band in a box
Two days from the altar she went and called the whole thing off
What he thought he wanted, what he got instead
Leaves him broken and grateful


I passed understanding a long, long time ago
And the simple home of systems and answers we all know
What I thought I wanted, what I got instead
Leaves me broken and somehow peaceful


I keep wanting you to be fair
But that's not what you said
I want certain answers to these prayers
But that's not what you said


When I get to heaven I'm gonna go find Job
I want to ask a few hard questions,
I want to know what he knows
About what it is he wanted and what he got instead
How to be broken and faithful


What I thought I wanted
What I thought I wanted
What I thought I wanted
What I thought I wanted


Staring in the water like Esops foolish dog
I can't help but reflect on what it was I almost lost
What it was I wanted, what I got instead
Leaves me broken and grateful


I'm broken and grateful
I want to be broken and grateful
I want to be broken, peaceful, faithful, grateful, grateful
I want to be broken, peaceful, faithful, grateful, grateful . . .