I wrote this song at 1:30 AM. I woke up with the first couple of lines running around in my head and knew I needed to finish it right then. Later that morning I had coffee with one of the saints from our congregation, Aileen Williams. She was telling me about the wonders of our part in God’s creation and at one point, within just a few sentences, her words were paraphrases of most all of the ideas that I had put into the song just 7 hours before. Just one more example of a God moment that I will hold in my heart and ponder.
The song speaks to all those questions that we contemplate but will never know the answer to in this life. The only real answer I can find, and the only one that truly matters is that God loves us and God wants it to be this way.
Why?
Great mysterious god, designer of all
I’ve so many questions, some big and some small
You have the power to make me do as you choose,
Yet somehow my free will’s important to you,
I wonder Why?
How in the world do you find the time,
to listen to miniscule me?
I can’t find the reason, I can’t find the rhyme,
Lord, I only know what I see,
You love me!
Great and wondrous god, creator of all
You placed us here, on this big spinning ball
You could finish this world, fill it with love and peace
but you’ve chosen to make us creators with thee
I wonder why?
How in the world do you find the time,
to watch over wandering me?
I can’t find the reason, I can’t find the rhyme,
Lord, I only know what I see,
You love me!
Great and loving god, embracer of all
Beliefs, styles and habits, we hear your voice call
You give us the chance to love the world as you do
But war, hate, and violence, seem to be what we choose
I wonder Why?
How in the world do you find the time,
to be patient with sinners like me?
I can’t find the reason, I can’t find the rhyme,
Lord, I only know what I see,
You love me!
Copyright February 10, 2011 John Lage, Jr. All rights reserved.
