Holy Darkness
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w&m: Dan Schutte, 1988

[Refrain 1]
Holy darkness, blessed night,
heaven's answer hidden from our sight.
As we await You, O God of silence,
we embrace your holy night.


I have tried you in fires of affliction;
I have taught your soul to grieve.
In the barren soil of your loneliness
there will I plant my seed.

[Refrain 1]

[Verse 2]
I have taught you the price of compassion;
you have stood before the grave.
Though My love can seem like a raging storm,
this is the love that saves.

[Refrain 1]

[Verse 3]
Were you there when I raised up the mountains?
Can you guide the morning star?
Does the hawk take flight when you give command?
Why do you doubt My pow'r?

[Refrain 2]
Holy darkness, blessed night,
heaven's answer hidden from our sight.
As we await You, O God of silence,
we embrace your holy night.

[Verse 4]
In your deepest hour of darkness
I will give you wealth untold.
When the silence stills your spirit,
will My riches fill your soul.

[Refrain 2]

[Verse 5]
As the watchman waits for morning,
and the bride awaits her groom,
so we wait to hear Your footsteps
as we rest beneath Your moon.

[Refrain 2]