Jesus, Take The Wheel

Artist: Carrie Underwood
Song Title: Jesus, Take The Wheel

She was driving last Friday on her way to Cincinnati on a snow white Christmas Eve
Going home to see her Mama and her Daddy with the baby in the backseat
Fifty miles to go and she was running low on faith and gasoline
It's been a long hard year
She had a lot on her mind and she didn't pay attention, she was going way to fast
Before she knew it she was spinning on a thin black sheet of glass
She saw both their lives flash before her eyes
She didn't even have time to cry
She was so scared
She threw her hands up in the air

[CHORUS]
Jesus take the wheel, take it from my hands
Cause I can't do this all on my own
I'm letting go so give me one more chance
Save me from this road I'm on
Jesus take the wheel

It was still getting colder when she made it to the shoulder and the car came to a stop
She cried when she saw that baby in the backseat sleeping like a rock
And for the first time in a long time she bowed her head to pray
She said I'm sorry for the way I've been living my life
I know I've got to change
So from now on tonight

[CHORUS]
Jesus take the wheel, take it from my hands
Cause I can't do this all on my own
I'm letting go so give me one more chance
Save me from this road I'm on
Oh, Jesus take the wheel

Oh, I'm letting go
So give me one more chance
Save me from this road I'm on
From this road I'm on
Jesus take the wheel
Oh, take it, take it from me
Oh, why, oh

Sometimes life throws us blows we just can't seem to dodge no matter how much we duck and try our best to dipsy-doodle around. They keep coming – heading towards us, and heading towards us fast – sometimes too fast for our liking. Hitting us where it hurts most and hitting us hard while they're at it. Unrelenting, insanely persistent and unceasing, they come at us in torrents and waves. Draining the life out of us without even leaving a trace of them ever being within a 10-mile radius of our physical bodies.

"It's been a long hard year
She had a lot on her mind and she didn't pay attention, she was going way to fast
Before she knew it she was spinning on a thin black sheet of glass
She saw both their lives flash before her eyes
She didn't even have time to cry
She was so scared
She threw her hands up in the air"

I can't do this on my own. I can't. I've tried to but I can't. I just can't. I spin on that thin black sheet of glass each time I drive, and I when I walk, it's on ice. I'm treading in waters too deep for me to even keep my head up. I don't know what to do. My hands are in the air.

"Jesus take the wheel, take it from my hands
Cause I can't do this all on my own
I'm letting go so give me one more chance
Save me from this road I'm on
Jesus take the wheel"

Yes, take this wheel from me. Take it from my hands. I can't do this on my own. Give me that one more chance I long for even as I loosen my death-like grip on what's in front of me and surrender it into Your hands of life. I know that it's there that everything grows, blooms and flourishes. Yes, yes. That I know.

I surrender it all to You, O Lord, for it is You who knows best.

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For it's in You that I place my trust;
for it's in Your hands that I place my heart.