Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Luke 12:4

Stormy waters swell beneath
life's long and dusty road
Overwhelmed by the floods
inside our hearts that grow ~
Riding the tumultuous rapid waves
engulfing us within
Wondering where to go from here,
is this where it all begins?

Searching never finding
the answers that we seek
Many things we long to know
the harvest that we'll reap ~
Believing that the only truth
is made by our own hand
That fate is our only destiny
not some greater master plan.

Tears fall from heaven to the Cross
as we turn our backs away
Swimming through the tumultuous tide
trying to find our way ~
All the answers for which we search
but still we refuse to see
That the only Truth to bridge the gap
is the one that will set us free.

But leading a horse to water
will not make it drink,
Just as giving food for thought
won't change the way one thinks ~
Only God can heal a heart
and change a man within
For only He can build the bridge
that leads us from our sin.

The troubled waters of our soul
flood us deep inside
Engulfed in trials, hurts and pain
that drown us in the tide ~
Desperate for a helping hand
to guide us from the depths
That overwhelm us as we swim
to the place we lost our step.

Life is what we make of it
but many refuse to see
For all the things that we have sown
one day we'll surely reap ~
But it was us who turned our backs
so we could do our thing
And all the while we did not believe
we had built our path to sin.

But in the midst of our storms
God's ever faithful hand
Reaches from within the clouds
showing He understands ~
Even though we turned away
still He chose to bear
The sins, the hurts and all our pain
because He truly cares.

Some may still refuse to see
and that may never change
But He believes in you and I
and His love remains the same ~
Despite the path we built for ourselves
He will bridge that space
Over the troubled waters of our lives
and into His embrace.

Copyright © Christina Smith