Back to the songs

Song

Painted Pathways

GuidanceTrustUncertainty

A reflective country-gospel meditation on a life known before its first breath, with valleys, scars, and roads held in the hand of God. Seven days of resting in God's sovereign authorship while taking the next faithful step.

"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
Proverbs 3:5-6

A song for the road you're on.

Watch on YouTube

Lyrics

Painted Pathways
Dirt Road Gospel Music
DirtRoadGospelMusic.com

[Verse 1]
Before this old world ever learned my name
Before my mama held me in the light
You already knew the road that I'd be walkin'
Every wrong turn and every fight
You saw the scars before the blade could find me
Counted every breath before I breathed
Wrote it all down before the world got started
Long before my daddy knew my name

[Pre-Chorus]
I didn't have a say in it
Couldn't bargain couldn't beg
But somebody laid the groundwork down
Before I took my first step

[Chorus]
Paint me a picture
You held the brush before I hit the ground
Every valley every mountain
Every lost and every found
Was already in Your hand
Drawn up by some master plan
Paint me a picture
You knew me long before the world spun round

[Verse 2]
You saw my bones before they started forming
Said my days were Yours before my own
No man knows the hour that is coming
But I know I ain't walking this alone
You numbered up my mornings and my midnights
You mapped the roads before I chose to roam
And every time I thought that You had lost me
You already knew the way back home

[Pre-Chorus]
I didn't have to find You
You already found my face
Written down before forever
And I've been resting in that grace

[Chorus]
Paint me a picture
You held the brush before I hit the ground
Every valley every mountain
Every lost and every found
Was already in Your hand
Drawn up by some master plan
Paint me a picture
You knew me long before the world spun round

[Bridge]
No man knows the hour
No man holds the clock
But the one who hung the stars up
Can't be shaken can't be stopped
He painted me before my mama ever cried
He wrote my name before my daddy's eyes
And every road I've walked has been His canvas
Every scar a stroke of grace on the other side

[Final Chorus]
Paint me a picture
You held the brush before I hit the ground
Every valley every mountain
Every lost and every found
Was already in Your hand
Drawn up by some master plan
Paint me a picture
You knew me long before the world spun round
Yeah You knew me
You drew me
You called me by name
Before the world spun round

[Outro]
You already knew my name
You already held the frame
Paint me a picture