I Won’t Mind the Earthly Distress
Dedicated to Andrea (Scheel) Zimmerman
Matthew 24:1-28
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This songs speaks of the physical and social travail of the earth which we see around us, and offers hope for those who are following the Lord. The text is based on Matthew 24, where Jesus tells us that the difficult times we see around us actually are signs pointing to His return to earth.
There was a special sort of sadism going on when the twenty-seventh LWCP song was released; I told Living Water they wouldn’t be able to solve I Won’t Mind The Earthly Distress until they’d seen the twenty-eighth song. This eventually turned out to be a pair of songs for which I had to release the solutions!
The clue for this song depends on the title of the next song, This Word, ‘Tis Nestled In My Heart – they’re anagrams (even, as a friend pointed out, down to the apostrophes)! After all, Andrea and Sonja are identical twins, and therefore are the same genetic material, though perhaps a little bit rearranged.
I hear creation ’round me groaning,
Earthquakes shatter tortured lands,
Disasters left and right, morning, noon, and night,
But my God always holds me in His hands.
So I won’t mind the earthly distress,
I have my Savior’s perfect promises,
And through His love and faithfulness He will lead me all the while.
So when my days are filled with fright,
I will keep His countenance in my sight,
And all my fear will fade in His light, for He claims me as His child.
I see people ’round me warring,
Tragedy consumes the lands,
Death is in the air, destruction everywhere,
But my God always holds me in His hands.
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