Tell me friend,
why are you blind?
Why doesn't he who worked the
miracles send light into your eyes?
tell me friend if you understand why doesn't
he with power to raise the dead
just make you whole again it would be so easy
for him I watch you and in sorrow
question why then you my friend in perfect
faith reply didn't he say he
sent us to be tested didn't he say the way
would not be sure but didn't he say
We could live with him forevermore,
well and whole, if we but patiently endure.
After the trial, we will be blessed,
but this life is the test.
Tell me, I see your pain
Why when you pray
in faith for healing
Does the crippling thorn remain
Help me see if you understand
Why doesn't he who healed
the lame man
Come with healing in his wings
it would be so easy for him I watch you and in
sorrow question why then you my
friend in perfect faith reply didn't he say
he sent us to be tested didn't he
say the way would not be sure but didn't he
say we could live with him forever
more well and whole if we but patiently en
dure after the trial we will be blessed
But this life is the test.
Tell me now, why must you die?
Why must you loved ones stand with
empty arms and ask the question why?
Help me know, so I can go on
How when your love and faith sustain me
Can the precious gift be gone
From the depths of sorrow, I cry
Though pains of grief with
in my soul arise
The whisperings of the
spirit still my cries
Didn't he say he sent us to be tested?
Didn't he say the
way would not be sure?
But didn't he say we could live with him forever more,
well and whole, if we but patiently endure?
After the trial, we will be blessed,
but this life is the test.
you