It's Not Up To Me

There’s a lot we don’t know these days. And yet, we want to know. We want to have to it all together. We want to have it under control. It’s human nature. And yet the truth of the matter is that we’re all doing our best to move forward under quarantine. To figure out new ways to live, new ways to connect, new ways to work. And we’re struggling. And it’s confusing. Especially in the world of education. And yet…we’re doing the work. We’re figuring out what is most important and we’re making a way. We’re doing what we can and we’re doing okay. But the rest…it’s not up to us.

Oh, God: When we don’t understand and we don’t see a way. When our world is turned upside down and we’re stumbling in darkness. When everything seems overwhelming and the power of evil seems to consume. You Are. You are working in ways that we cannot see. You are guiding in ways that we cannot comprehend. You are doing what we cannot do. So help us to do that which we can and to leave the rest up to you and to others who must do their part. We love you and place our trust in you, even in the unknowing. Amen.

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I don’t have to make them like me
That’s not my call
I don’t have to make them listen
That’s not my call
I don’t have to mend their broken hearts
That’s not my call
I don’t have to save their souls
That’s not my call
And I thank God for it all
‘Cause

I don’t know what to say
and I don’t know what to do
and I don’t know how to act
and I don’t know how to feel
Oh I don’t know what to say
But that is okay
‘Cause it’s not up to me
It’s not up to me (3x)

All I have to do is love them
That is my call
All I have to do is serve them
Even when I fall
All I have to is say
Lord, here I am
Use me for your glory
Lord, use me for your plan
Even when

I don’t know what to say
and I don’t know what to do
and I don’t know how to act
and I don’t know how to feel
Oh I don’t know what to say
But that is okay
‘Cause it’s not up to me
It’s not up to me (3x)

I don’t have to impress them
That’s not my call
I don’t have to make them cry
That’s not my call
I don’t have to be perfect
That’s not my call
I don’t have to know all the answers
That’s not my call
And I thank God for it all

I don’t know what to say
and I don’t know what to do
and I don’t know how to act
and I don’t know how to feel
Oh I don’t know what to say
But that is okay
‘Cause it’s not up to me
It’s not up to me (3x)