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My daughter tries to draw a butterfly
With her crayons and crooked lines
And she’s crying ‘cause she just can’t get it right
So I wrap her tiny hand in mine
To guide her with her heart’s design
And she smiles as her dreams take flight
Perhaps it’s how it is on this labyrinth road
I just need to let Him guide my soul
Refrain
('Cause) God writes straight with crooked lines
He takes the mess we make in life
He turns our groaning into perfect rhyme
Hidden by the veil of time
The wisdom of His love’s design
God writes straight with crooked linesII
I’ve had days as dark as smoke
When it hurt too much too hope
And it felt like the pain would never end
Oh, searching for answers but finding jokes
Limping along the winding road
Certain He left me all alone…
When it’s hard to trust that there is a greater plan,
Like a child I’ve gotta just hold His hand
My daughter tries to draw a butterfly
With her crayons and crooked lines
And she’s crying ‘cause she just can’t get it right
So I wrap her tiny hand in mine
To guide her with her heart’s design
And she smiles as her dreams take flight
Perhaps it’s how it is on this labyrinth road
I just need to let Him guide my soul
Refrain
('Cause) God writes straight with crooked lines
He takes the mess we make in life
He turns our groaning into perfect rhyme
Hidden by the veil of time
The wisdom of His love’s design
God writes straight with crooked linesII
I’ve had days as dark as smoke
When it hurt too much too hope
And it felt like the pain would never end
Oh, searching for answers but finding jokes
Limping along the winding road
Certain He left me all alone…
When it’s hard to trust that there is a greater plan,
Like a child I’ve gotta just hold His hand
Bridge
It’s hard to see the picture when you’ve got your head to the ground
But the vision is perfect from heaven looking down
There’s a reason for every detour and every scar
His mercy has always been written in the stars
(Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star instrumental)
But the vision is perfect from heaven looking down
There’s a reason for every detour and every scar
His mercy has always been written in the stars
(Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star instrumental)
(Repeat Refrain)
Oh, God writes straight with crooked lines
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Background of the Song
‘Crooked Lines’ is the title of Corrinne May’s 5th and latest album, a title that came to her as she watched her daughter drawing with crayons one afternoon.
“She was drawing what seemed to me to be random, crooked lines all over the drawing paper, but she was telling me exactly what she was drawing- namely, a butterfly. And I thought to myself, perhapsthat’s how it is in life. Life is never a journey that goes in a straight line. Just like sailing, we reach our destination with ‘zig-zaggedness’, with crooked lines.”
“There is an ancient Portuguese proverb that says ‘God writes straight with crooked lines’ and I think it’s such a lovely saying,” says Corrinne, “because it expresses the faith that even if something seems like a ‘crooked line’ in our lives, God is able to use that for our good.”
“For truly, it’s the detours of our lives, the crooked, whimsical, circular paths we take that mould and fashion us. Oftentimes, it’s only in looking back at the path we’ve taken that we can truly appreciate why certain things had to happen in our lives, to bring us to our present circumstance.”
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