BUTTERFLY

I WATCHED HOPE FLY
OUT THE WINDOW
LIKE A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY.
I JUST STOOD THERE,
NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO
BUT TO CRY.

HOPE FLEW OUT THE WINDOW THAT DAY,
AND I JUST WANTED TO FLY AWAY.

I HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG, LORD.
WHAT HAPPENED?
DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG?
I THOUGHT I WAS ON THE RIGHT PATH,
FOLLOWING YOUR LIGHT.

BUT THEN HOPE FLEW OUT THE WINDOW THAT DAY,
AND I JUST WANTED TO FLY AWAY.

I TELL OTHERS OF YOU, JESUS,
EVERYWHERE I GO
NEARLY ALL THE TIME.
I AM NOT ASHAMED TO SAY YOUR NAME.

BUT HOPE FLEW OUT THE WINDOW THAT DAY,
AND I JUST WANTED TO FLY AWAY.

IS THERE ANOTHER DOOR
I SHOULD HAVE WALKED THROUGH?
I THOUGHT I HAD GONE THE RIGHT WAY.

BUT THEN HOPE FLEW OUT THE WINDOW THAT DAY,
AND I JUST WANTED TO FLY AWAY.

I WRITE AND I WRITE AND I WRITE
OF YOUR AGAPE' LOVE, LORD.
YOU HAVE NEVER GIVEN UP ON ME,
AS I HAVE SOMETIMES,
TOO MANY, REALLY,
GIVEN UP ON YOU.
SO WHAT DID I DO?

I WATCHED HOPE FLY OUT THE WINDOW THAT DAY
LIKE A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY.
I TRIED TO CATCH IT,
BUT IT LEFT,
AND I JUST WANTED TO FALL TO THE FLOOR
AND FLY AWAY.

I'M TIRED, LORD.
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE ME FOR THIS PATH?
I KNOW YOU DON'T MAKE MISTAKES,
BUT I'M NOT PREPARED FOR THIS.
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS
TO WALK AROUND WITH THIS BRACE
AND CRUTCHES?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS TO FEEL PAIN
EVERY DAY
AND THEN BE SUDDENLY BETRAYED?

HOPE FLEW OUT THE WINDOW THAT DAY,
AND I JUST WANTED TO FLY AWAY.

BUT THEN I REMEMBERED YOUR SACRIFICE
AND AS LONG AS I HAVE YOU IN MY LIFE,
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE HOPE
OF SOME KIND.
I KNOW I WILL NEVER BE ALONE.
BUT I STILL WANT TO FLY AWAY.

R

PSALM 42:11

WHY, MY SOUL, ARE YOU DOWNCAST?

WHY SO DISTURBED WITHIN ME?

PUT YOUR HOPE IN GOD.

I WILL YET PRAISE HIM,

MY SAVIOR AND MY GOD.