Once in a while inspiration for a song strikes, and at the same time I’m ready to capture it permanently. Yesterday, that happened. As I woke up the following lyrics came to me, tune in my head, and I penned this first draft of a new song, which I later played at the house show that night.

Suffering in this life has many purposes, I think, but one of those, for sure, for the Christian, is to remind him of his hope in God, and to keep his eyes fixed on the glory that will one day be revealed. Romans 8:18 reads, “For I consider that the sufferings of this present world are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us (ESV).” Here are the lyrics for “What We’ll See.”

verse 1

Her Mom died from cancer and a few years later Grandmother the same
Everything right-side-up was up-side-down and our lives forever changed
It took years to make it through it
Though in our minds we knew it
All things work toward good for those who love the Lord

chorus

I believe Lord, I believe
Help me in my unbelief
Take the darkness from my eyes
Take the veil down from my heart and let me see
That these present pains and troubles,
all this heartache and these struggles
are all nothing when compared to your glory and what we’ll see

verse 2

Early onset Alzheimer’s caught up with my mom at 59
Now she’s mostly partly there as disease rushes in and steals her mind

Dad stands by so strong, living up to his vows that
only death can separate them through these years
And the questions keep on coming, I feel like in my soul I’m running
both to and from the answers that I fear

…chorus…

verse 3

Years ago we tried and tried
Desperately to have a child,
Coming from our bodies, just our own
Had we had that dream back then,
We never would have seen the plan
That God brought in from outside to our home

Hollowness had filled us up, all we saw was the empty cup
We had to press so hard just not lose our minds
But the truth we mostly hardly see is that in beauty, pain and mystery
He makes all things beautiful in HIs time

…chorus…