Returning to ‘Weep With Me’

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Weep with me
Lord will You weep with me?
I don’t need answers, all I need
Is to know that You care for me
Hear my plea
Are You even listening?
Lord I will wrestle with Your heart
But I won’t let You go

You know I believe, Help my unbelief

Yet I will praise You
Yet I will sing of Your name
Here in the shadows
Here I will offer my praise
What’s true in the light
Is still true in the dark
You’re good and You’re kind
And You care for this heart
Lord I believe
You weep with me

Part the seas
Lord make a way for me
Here in the midst of my lament
I have faith, yes I still believe
That You love me
Your plans are to prosper me
You’re working everything for good
Even when I can’t see…

Turn my lament into a love song
From this lament raise up in anthem
Oh, I’ll sing it in the darkness
Oh, Turn my lament into a love song
‘Cause I love you Lord
And from this lament raise up in anthem

Yet I will praise You
Yet I will sing of Your name
Here in the shadows
Here I will offer my praise
What’s true in the light
Is still true in the dark
You’re good and You’re kind
And You care for this heart
Lord I believe
You weep with me

The context in which Rend Collective wrote this song six years ago is different, but the world hasn’t changed. I still lament the state of the world. There’s sadness in lives around me; bereavement, death and funerals have been part of my life in recent weeks.

A friend, who gave the eulogy at his mother’s funeral this week, said, ‘I have to confess that during the eulogy I broke down. I get so emotional these days.’

I’ve returned to Ecclesiastes’ wise words: ‘There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot… A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance… a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away…

Sadness and joy, darkness and light are part of life; God comes to me and is with me in every situation. My faith doesn’t mean that I always feel good. Good things may be there, but sometimes it’s dark and I can’t see them. I cling on, hang in there with determination.

I rediscover a good, kind God who cares for my tears, doubts and conflicts, who comes into my situation and weeps with me, bringing peace and joy as I weep.  I respond with deeper faith, determined praise and renewed hope.

10 thoughts on “Returning to ‘Weep With Me’”

  1. This is beautiful, Malcolm. The song, your thoughts on faith, loss, sadness,…and a God who is with us through it all. I don’t think it’s coincidence that I’m attempting an elegy (not a eulogy) about loss. I say with a dear uncle yesterday as my mom just teared for her brother; hospice called family. All of us cousins, spread around territories, texted of our wonderful childhood on the river, this particular uncle and his 6 siblings (including my Mom) who helped shape our lives. And Grandpa (his Dad) who pounded his fist on the pulpit for 60 years (he’d be 113 if on this side of heaven). We are happy he won’t be in pain. We’re losing so many ~
    The loss feels even more as it’s a “way” of life that is dying with the amazing individuals who lived it. Often I read Ecclesiastes. There used to be a time to every purpose under heaven. My heart hurts for others who are experiencing loss. I understand and my prayers are with them. I can’t imagine my life without faith and belief in God and the promise of eternity with him. God bless you and yours!

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    1. Thanks, Karla, for sharing your personal feelings and story. I come back to Ecclesiastes so often, as it puts life alongside death, mouning alongside dancing. It gives realistic perspective to the difficult bits of life… and makes the foundation of faith more important – because they all have purpose, even if we can’t always see it.

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      1. It’s my pleasure. It means so much you accept these exchanges~and appreciate the thoughts and feedback! I love this~ “It gives realistic perspective to the difficult bits of life… and makes the foundation of faith more important”

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