The Hidden Face of God, is an album from Michael Card that I ran across while looking for worship ideas for dealing with mental and physical dissability. You can listen to it here: http://www.rhapsody.com/michael-card/the-hidden-face-of-god
The songs offer words for our prayers when we struggle to find God. His website says this about the CD,
When David laments in the psalms or Job complains to God, more often than not they accuse God of hiding His face. They know what we have forgotten; the answer to our suffering is never the specific solution for which we cry out. It is not some cure or provision that we really need. We never ask for what we really need, and so it is no wonder that we are so often disappointed in our prayers. Because what we need is Presence. We need to see the Face of God.This is a collection of songs about the dilemma of finding that hidden Face.
When visiting Dordt College in 2004, Michael Card said that he sometimes regrets packing so many words into his music, being "wordy" especially early on in his career. He is gifted at writing, and has a gift of putting biblical text to music in a very meaningful way. My favorite on this album is, "Come Lift up your Sorrows," a song that gives us the words of wilderness and despair and allows us to bring them to God - a God that was wounded too.
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Thank you, Becky, for posting this. I want to listen to the cd. I have always really enjoyed Michael Card and his music, but I haven't heard any of his more recent work. I appreciate how he writes lyrics and takes it very seriously.
I hope we can see you before we move so very far away.
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