Red Blanket (When Times Got Hard)

A moment of looking back opens "Red Blanket (When Times Got Hard)": "Sitting here, don't know how I made it over, wondering, wondering, have I lost my way, which road should I take, is this my fate?" Phil Thompson then names what carried him, "you placed inside of me a storm kit that I've held on to, my own proverbial red blanket," an emergency supply that turns out to be faith.

The chorus lists the contents. "Riches unspeakable, love that's unstoppable, more than you'll ever know, You gave me Christ, weapons with which to fight, You taught me sacrifice, love that will never die." The "unspeakable riches" and the weapons for the fight are phrases near Ephesians 3:8 and Ephesians 6:13.

The refrain is the lesson, "and when times got hard, You taught me how to worship God." The second verse looks back at what he has been through and says what he learned: "through the storm and in the famine, I can't lose my faith, and I'll give God praise," close to Philippians 4:12 on knowing how to be in want, and Habakkuk 3:17-18 on praising God when the fields are empty.