Boat and a Map

In the midst of the darkest of nights I have found
You're holding to me, in spite of my rejection
The Word of the Lord says the lost can be found
But I don't know why I've been so misdirected

To think that the things in this infinite space
Were made for my workings to move and arrange
So that they might be perfectly aligned for me
That I might plot the course of the storms and the sea

But You bring me to grace in the midst of the storm
To discover my place and to rest in your arms

All that I'm given is a boat and a map
To be held up and to know where I'm at
But not where I'm going, not where I'll end
Just some simple instructions on how to begin

As I sail along I keep looking back
Hoping to fix all of my many failures
But the map that I have says to not turn around
But to trust in the words of a wise old sailor

He understands the ocean and the waves that it brings
He gives us strength to press on and strength to believe
And He says that we'll be alright and alive
If we'll let go of our past and let it pass us by

Now that I've sailed along for a couple of years
I know that I can trust the words of the sailor
He taught me to let the wind catch my sails
'Cause my ship's been fixed by the hands of its maker

My ship's been fixed by a craftsman's hands
And it will one day bring me back to the land
From which I was thought of and loved at first sight
My home with my savior the King of the Light

And I wandered alone for so many years
With all of my hopes and all of my fears
And then one day I jumped out of the boat
And I sank to the bottom of the ocean floor

Then a hand reached down
And lifted me up
There on top of the waters
I learned of His love

He told me of all
His plans for me
That if I would only have faith
I would see

All that I'm given is a boat and a map
To be held up and to know where I'm at
But not where I'm going, not where I'll end
Just some simple instructions on how to begin
Some simple instructions on how to live