Lyrics and Thoughts

From Jill Phillips’ album Writing on the Wall:

Just when my tears were falling deep enough to drown,
Down in the valley of the shadow of a doubt,
When I gave up–that’s when He came to lift me out
And set me high.

When I saw it as a gift of matchless worth,
I started thinking it was something I deserved.
He pulled the rug from underneath without a word
And left me dry.

Chorus
Piece together these little mysteries:
It isn’t hard to see
The writing on the wall.
Triumph and tragedy–
Only God can be
Both the builder and the wrecking ball.

He gave them freedom and a fertile promise land.
They took for granted their deliverance at hand.
Thirty-nine years later, they’re still walking through that sand,
Wondering why.

And He builds it up,
And He knocks it down,
Just to build it up even stronger…

Chorus
Piece together these little mysteries:
It isn’t hard to see
The writing on the wall.
Triumph and tragedy–
Only God can be
Both the builder and the wrecking ball.

We all have times when we feel that the rug has been pulled out from underneath us-but our sovereign God is always in control...we just need to embrace that.