A little Country

Last night, when I was picking up a friend, I was scanning the radio stations for a good song. I got onto the country station, and a song was playing that I recognized. When we were younger my mom used to listen to Garth Brooks all the time, so for a time my sisters and I were a little hooked on him. Anyways, the song that was playing was "Unanswered Prayers" by Garth Brooks...used to be one of my favourite songs. I haven't heard it in ages, but could still sing along to all the words (a little sad I know). Anyhow...although I don't really think that there is such a thing as unanswered prayers, but instead maybe prayers that are just answered differently then what we might have anticipated...I enjoy the lyrics to this song. I think I like them because it's something that's easy to relate to. We think we know exactly what we want (and need) in our lives to make us complete, and we pray that if God would just grant us that, then everything will work out. The lyrics are simple, and maybe a little cheesy (it's country..common now) but I thought I would post them. Enjoy.

Unanswered Prayers

Just the other night
At a hometown football game
My wife and I ran into
My old highschool flame
And as I introduced them
The past came back to me
And I couldn't help but think of
The way things used to be

She was the one
That I´d wanted for all times
And each night I´d spend prayin´
That God would make her mine
And if He'd only granted me
This wish I'd wished back then
I'd never ask for anything again

Sometimes I thank God
For unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin'
To the man upstairs
That just because He doesn't answer
Doesn't mean He don't care!
Some of God's greatest gifts are
unanswered prayers...

She wasn't quite the angel
That I remembered in my dreams
And I could tell that time had changed me,
In her eyes too, it seemed
We tried to talk about the old days
There wasn't much we could recall
I guess the Lord knows
What He's doing after all

And as she walked away
Well I looked at my wife
And then and there I thanked the good Lord
For the gifts in my life

Sometimes I thank God
For unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin'
To the man upstairs
And just because He may not answer
Doesn't mean He don't care!
Some of Gods greatest gifts
are unanswered....
Some of Gods greatest gifts
are all too often unanswered...
Some of God's greatest gifts are
Unanswered Prayers...