The Life I Planned
Beth Moore

    Has someone seen the life I planned?
    It seems it's been misplaced
    I've looked in every corner
    It's lost without a trace.

    I've found one I don't recognize
    Things missing that were dear
    Promises I'd hoped to keep
    And dreams I'd dreamed aren't here.

    Faces I had planned to see
    Hands I planned to hold
    Now absent in the pictures
    Not the way I told.

    Has someone seen the life I planned?
    Did it get thrown away?
    God took my hand from searching
    Then I heard Him say,

    "Child, your ears have never heard
    your eyes have never seen
    Eternal plans I have for you
    Are more than you could dream."

    "You long to walk by sight
    But I'm teaching eyes to see
    I know what I am doing
   'Til then, you must believe."

    He's done so much, I felt ashamed
    To know He heard my moans
    To think I'd trade in all He's done
    For plans made on my own.

    I wept over His faithfulness
    And how He'd proved Himself
    How He'd gone beyond my dreams
    And said to Him myself.

    "No, my ears have never heard
    My eyes have never seen
    Eternal plans you have for me
    Are more than I could dream.

    "Yes, I long to walk by sight
    But you're teaching eyes to see
    You know what You are doing
    'Til then, I must believe."

    I felt His great compassion
    Mercy unrestrained
    He let me mourn my losses
    And showed to me my gains.

    I offered Him my future
    And released to Him my past
    I traded in my dreams
    For a plan He said would last.

    I get no glimpse ahead
    No certainties at all
    Except the presence of the One
    Who will not let me fall.

    Are you also searching
    For a life you planned yourself?
    Have you looked in every corner?
    Have you checked on every shelf?

    Child, your ears have never heard
    Your eyes have never seen
    Eternal plans He has for you
    Are more than you could dream.

    Perhaps you long to walk by faith
    But He's teaching eyes to see
    He knows what He is doing
    Child, step out and believe.