The Detour

Don't let my heart grow cold or despise the wait

This is not unkindness; this is not disgrace

I am not passed over in my suffering

You hold my broken heart and my broken dreams

Your love has held me warmly through the night

I have seen Your faithfulness with my own eyes

You've been good to me; I am safe to hope

I will dare to believe when the way is long and slow

And I am full of doubt, but You are kind and close

I will trust the detour is the road

I will not pretend that it comes easily

To follow when I'm sure I know what's best for me

I've got lots of questions, but I know the truth

That I have never lived a day apart from You

And somehow every unexpected climb

Makes Your goodness that much harder to deny

You've been good to me; I am safe to hope

I will dare to believe when the way is long and slow

And I am full of doubt, but You are kind and close

I will trust the detour is the road

This time will not be wasted

All the sorrow I have tasted

You sing hope across the valley of my tears

Sometimes love looks like delay

But You walk me through the wait

And I am learning laughter even here

You are with me here

You've been good to me; I am safe to hope

I will dare to believe when the way is long and slow

You've been good to me; I am safe to hope

I will dare to believe when the way is long and slow

And I am full of doubt, but You are kind and close

And I will trust

Oh, I will trust the detour is the road

The detour is the road