Why?

I have this friend who ... well lets just say, if I regard myself as a soldier in God's army, we see her as the General (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force_ranks_and_insignia) ... second to few.

But the irony is that she can't see it. I mean, some people have their daily battles - she has a nuclear war going around her. And she knows that.

I just remember what she said to me on school on friday; 'Why do you follow me? You'll only get hurt'. There are a few demons ~ literally~ attacking her on a daily basis.

But just before I was thinking about what that meant. And I finally understood something.
Something cool.


Jesus, why do you follow us into the darkest parts of our lives?

Why do you stand there holding out your hand while the world collapses around us?

Why do you keep your offer open, even when we are so hurting that we attack anything that comes near us?

Why do you keep coming back night after night when we keep rejecting you?

And why is your offer so much greater then we could ever earn, greater then we should be able to accept?

She never slows down
She doesn't know why but
she knows that when
She's all alone feels
Like it's all coming down
She won't turn around
The shadows are long
And she fears if she cries
That first tear
The tears will not stop
Raining down

So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day what's lost can be found
You stand in the rain

She won't make a sound
Alone in this fight with herself
And the fears whispering
If she stands, she'll fall down
She wants to be found
The only way out is through
everything she's running from
Wants to give up and lie down

So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day what's lost can be found
You stand in the rain

So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
Stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day what's lost can be found

So stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it's all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won't drown
And one day what's lost can be found
You stand in the rain
~ Lyrics ... Stand in the Rain by Superchick