Part of the Answer

Sometimes the Lord uses the strangest things to remind us of the Joy of the journey with Him. Here are the lyrics from a song called The Wood Song by the Indigo Girls. They are not a Christian band, and yet this song is full of wisdom. I wish I had written myself. I'm not going to comment on it either. It rather speaks for itself.

The Wood Song

The thin horizon of a plan is almost clear
My friends and I have had a tough time
We're bruising our brains hard up against change
All the old dogs and the magician

Now I see we're in the boat in two by two's
Only the heart that we have for a tool we can use
And the very close quarters are hard to get used to
Love weighs the hull down with its weight

But the wood is tired, and the wood is old
And we'll make it fine if the weather holds
But if the weather holds we'll have missed the point
That's where I need to go

No way construction of this tricky plan
Was built by other than a Greater Hand
With a Love that passes all our understanding
Watching closely over the journey

Yeah, but what it takes to cross the great divide
Seems more than all the courage I can muster up inside
But we get to have some answers when we reach the other side
The prize is always worth the rocky ride

And the wood is tired and the wood is old
And we'll make it fine if the weather holds
But if the weather holds we'll have missed the point
That's where I need to go

Sometimes I ask to sneak a closer look
Skip to the final chapter of the book
And then maybe steer us clear of some of the pain it took
To get us where we are this far, this far

But the question drowns in its futility
And even I have got to laugh at me
Because no one gets to miss the storm of what will be
Just holding on for the ride

But the wood is tired and the wood is old
And we'll make it fine if the weather holds
But if the weather holds we'll have missed the point
That's where I need to go