Alexander's Feast, Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV75: Air: Part 1: The prince, unable to conceal his pain

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Right now I hear But I wanna see I need you to show me You bottle my tears Pain is the key To making me Holy Yeah Dark clouds in the sky turn into rain I know you wanna cry from the hurt and pain It's hard to see God in the eye of the hurricane And so you wanna turn away from this chapter in your life wanna turn the page It's the hard knock life and the earth's decaying Trying hard not to murmur and complain It's easier said than than done with those hunger pangs You can't even buy your son Burger King Just got laid off so currently Trying to make ends meet and that's a further strain I know you're stressed out gotta learn to pray So God can give you peace for the burdens laid Down at his feet where the servants lay He loves you, so don't turn away You in the fire, but won't burn in the flame Right now I hear But I wanna see I need you to show me You bottle my tears Pain is the key To making me Holy I know it's cold in the winter months And I know that that trial you in the middle of Man I know it might feel like a little much I know it might feel like a little much And though deliverance is slow like the little bus Don't faint stand firm no givin' up Understand that, God won't give you more than you can bear Your trials are just little cubs Big Him, big plan, man little us I know the season in your life is a little rough I know you're drinking up strife from the bitter cup God is painting a picture of Himself, so it's gotta be beautiful He's gotta use bright colors and muted tones Gotta use life's comforts and funerals I know it hurts, but it helps you to grow Right now I hear But I wanna see I need you to show me You bottle my tears Pain is the key To making me Holy [God is using pain in our lives Help us grow. Help us get older.] Yeah Praise God that the Father is forming us Shaping, making, and conforming us So at times our pain is to grow us up Other times my pain is for someone else Cause death in me is life in you That's what we see when He died for you 'Cause one man's pain is another's pleasure Just as one man's trash is another's treasure 'Cause sometimes God will cause the pain He'll create the fire and the rain I hear you praying Lord take it all away But if He won't it's because He knows what it takes To produce fruit and make his people whole He knows when pressure is applied to coal A beautiful diamond is the goal You're in the fire but you're coming out as pure gold Right now I hear But I wanna see I need you to show me You bottle my tears Pain is the key To making me Holy [See I think it's important for us to have a big picture perspective on pain. A lot of times, we see pain as a bad thing; trials, suffering, you see it as a bad thing. But when we look in the scriptures, we see that God prescribes pain. He doesn't just allow it he causes it sometimes; read deuteronomy chapter 8. But it's so necessary, because in it he conforms us into the image and the likeness of His Son. So I just wanna encourage the people of God, please understand that God is using your pain for His own glory.]