My wonderful sister in law, Nancy has finished her test and returned to our Heavenly Father. She battled cancer for 10 years. She will be truly missed. I dedicate this song to her and her family!
The Test
By Janice Kapp Perry
Featuring Roger Hoffman
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 that we could live with him forever more well and whole
If we but patiently endure
After the trial we would be blessed
But this life is the test
Tell me friend, 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 heal 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 that we could live with him for ever more well and whole
If we but patiently endure
After the trial
We would be blessed
But this life is the test
Tell me love why must you die
Why must your loved ones stand with empty arms and ask the question why
Help me know so I can go on.
How when your love in faith sustain me
Can the precious gift be gone
From the depths of sorrow I cried
Though pangs of grief within 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 would be blessed
But this life is the test
