new direction
new direction
by Joel Howard
A long time ago
In a land far away
I got sent
In a new direction
I should have been lost
I could have been gone
I might have not made it
To this new direction
My life, it had stopped
My tears, they came out
My fears, became real
As I stood in that place
O how I remember
As I sat there
Stuck in a place
Counting all my past
My life stood still
My past stood still
My hands were filled
With silent questions
I can't let go
I can't contain
How all had been
Was now forgotten
This new direction
This new direction
I live in the place
Which here had sent me
I could have been lost
I could have been gone
I should have been gone
But God forgave me
If I can live
That moment on
In all I do
And see and feel
If I can help
A generation
And theirs the same
To steward pain
If I can hope
For one who can't
If I can say
For one who can't
If I can walk
In anothers' stead
If I can wake
A giant sleeping
O let me be
O let me be
A catalyst
For new directions
God, let me speak
God, let me sing
God, let me paint
So others can bring
Their own past hurts
Their own past pain
Their all, to gain
A new direction
Jesus, would you
Come in me through
My days and months
And weeks now capture
I'm stuck in that place
I'm stuck in that space
Where all came to
A new direction
My pain, I speak
My shame, release
My eyes now see
A new direction
Jesus, come to me
O God work through me
Bring me into
This new direction
I do maintain
And say again
How I became
A new creation
Jesus in me
Creatively
And constantly
Beckons me
I can't explain
In one, but then
If all my life
Could be the reason
My days and weeks
And moments speak
For all to see
This new direction
Amen o God
Creator, come
Find now your home
In me, Amen
