When It Hurts

When it hurts

And the night won’t let you sleep

When the silence feels too heavy

And your soul is tired and weak

When the prayers come out in whispers

Barely holding onto hope

And you wonder if the heavens

Still remember you below

When it hurts

And the tears keep falling down

When the weight upon your shoulders

Feels too great to turn around

There’s a hand still reaching for you

Even when you cannot see

Grace is working in the darkness

More than you could yet believe

Pre-Chorus

Because roots grow deep underground

Before the harvest rises up

And faith is often being formed

When life feels hard and rough

Chorus

What God is doing in the dark

Is building light inside your heart

Teaching weary souls to trust

When all they have is Him enough

Every hidden tear you cry

Every broken why, God why

Is watering a future bloom

You cannot see inside this room

So hold on through the ache and scars

God still works inside the dark

Verse 2

When it hurts

And the answers never come

When your spirit feels abandoned

And your strength feels almost done

Maybe Heaven’s not ignoring

Maybe Heaven’s planting seeds

Things that only grow in valleys

Where we learn what grace can mean

When it hurts

And your heart feels torn apart

God is often doing surgery

Deep inside the hidden parts

Breaking chains you never noticed

Healing wounds you learned to hide

Sometimes mercy looks like silence

While He’s rebuilding you inside

Pre-Chorus

Because diamonds form beneath the weight

And mountains rise through fire and time

The deepest kind of healing

Usually happens out of sight

Chorus

What God is doing in the dark

Is shaping who you truly are

Holding you when you can’t stand

Carrying you with wounded hands

Every unanswered prayer tonight

Every battle, every fight

May become the testimony

That helps another soul believe

So don’t think He’s gone too far

God still moves inside the dark

Bridge

The tomb was dark before the stone was rolled away

The dawn still came after the longest waiting day

And resurrection often starts

In hidden places of the heart

So if you’re barely hanging on

You are not alone

Final Chorus

What God is doing in the dark

May not make sense where you are

But someday you will turn around

And see His fingerprints somehow

In every valley, every flame

Every moment you thought changed

Nothing was wasted in the night

He was teaching you to find

A deeper hope, a stronger heart

While He worked inside the dark

Outro

When it hurts

He stays near

Even there

Especially there