It Passes All My Understanding
by Cherie Call
I was sitting on a southbound plane
I was buried in a magazine
When the man in the next seat over
wanted to talk to me.
He talked about the universe
He talked about Saturn's rings
He said "I might be an athiest
except for just one thing:
It passes all my understanding
How it all worked out just right
The distance that we live from the sun
The stars that shine at night.
We may prove that it was just an accident
But how did it begin
It passes all my understanding.
I told him you are a scholar
You know things that I don't know
But I believe a God in heaven made
everything below
And I know we are His children
I've known it since I was two
But when it comes with being struck with awe
I'm just like you.
It passes all my understanding
All the beauty we have here
From the majesty of the canyons
To a tiny baby's ear
And even when I can't believe it
He still believes in me.
It passes all my understanding.
We watched the sunset through the clouds
In a tiny little airplane window
With people sleeping all around
And I thought of how we just expect this world to be
When the flight attendant passed me by
I threw away my magazine.
It passes all my understanding
How the Lord knows both our names
And He made this world for everyone
who was sitting on that plane.
And in spite of all of man's distractions
He offers us His peace.
It passes all my understanding.
