Not What We Thought

We were sure

We understood

How the story

Had to go

We were sure

The King would rise

With power

We would know

But heaven moved

In quieter ways

Than we had ever seen

And what we called

The end of hope

Was not the end

Of anything

Not what we thought

Not what we planned

Not what we dreamed

Or could understand

You chose the cross

We wanted the crown

Not what we thought

But love came down

Not what we thought

Not what we planned

Not what we dreamed

Or could understand

You chose the cross

We wanted the crown

Not what we thought

But love came down

Not what we thought

Not what we planned

Not what we dreamed

Or could understand

You chose the cross

We wanted the crown

Not what we thought

But love came down

He was despised and rejected by men

A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief

Surely He has borne our griefs

And carried our sorrows

We saw a stone

Sealed in its place

A story closed

In shame

We did not know

That even this

Would turn defeat

To gain

What we rejected

What we feared

What we could not see

Was being laid

As something firm

For all eternity

Not what we thought

Not what we planned

Not what we dreamed

Or could understand

You chose the cross

We wanted the crown

Not what we thought

But love came down

Not what we thought