I’d been roaming around so lost in the dark
That the highway called Life began to look stark
Took a wrong turn or two and a tire went flat
It was like me and the road were engaged in combat
Made another pit stop so I could take a break
I started feeling better and then came an earthquake
I survived the quake and got back on the road
But the signs along side seemed to all be in code
Dark clouds rolled in and then it rained
Windshield wipers on full speed when the car hydroplaned
I ended up in the ditch and I started to cry
I thought “the next road-trip, I think I’ll just fly”
Then a stranger drove up and walked over to my car
He asked “where are you headed?” and I said “not far”
He said “hop in my truck and I’ll get you there”
It was almost like God had just answered a prayer
We got in his pick-up, turned the radio on
I asked him his name and he answered “it’s Jon”
The music was blaring as we sang along
and wouldn’t you know, it was my favorite song
The sun started to rise and a rainbow appeared
The down pour had stopped and the dark sky had cleared
We talked and we laughed as we rolled down the pavement
and I stared at this man with sheer love and amazement
We stopped for breakfast in the early morning hour
On the way back to his truck, he picked me a flower
He drove to my house and pulled up the drive-way
I was about to get out when he started to say:
“I was lost too on that long lonely drive
and then I found you and I just came alive
When I thought my journey would never end
you got in my truck and I found my best friend”
When I’d almost lost hope and was feeling so down
Alone on that worn, bumpy road far from town
I was pleading with God to please guide me back
In my head, crying out “just cut me some slack!”
In that moment it felt as though I’d gone astray
I questioned how God could let me lose my way
I thought that I’d had my trip so well planned out
But in truth, I had no clue what it was really about
You see, the man I had met when I thought I was lost
in a moment when I felt my path was star-crossed
was the man God had chosen specially just for me
and his true reason for having me start that journey
As I unbuckled my seatbelt and opened the door
I knew in my heart what the road-trip was for
I looked over to Jon and then smiled and said
“I wanted to go home but how about instead
let’s get back on the road and find where it leads
let’s put trust in God, he never misleads”
And so a new road-trip we started together
This one an adventure that would last forever
I married that man, he was my soul mate
He was the turn in the road that I like to call fate
He emerged on my path as my patience was thinning
The trip I’d wanted to end was now just beginning