Boat and a Map Lyrics

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