The wind came hard across that little field Shook the wings and made the old plane reel Granddad held the stick, but the runway wouldn’t stay Two times we came around and had to pull away The clouds were black, the crosswinds screamed The ground looked farther than it seemed He said One more try and I bowed my head While fear rode every word that I never said But beneath those wings, where the wild air roared There was a hand on us we couldn’t ignore Thank You, Jesus for the times You held me When the night came down and the fear surrounded me When the road ran out when the sky went blind You were the shelter I was trying to find I’ve walked through fire I’ve stared death down But I’m still here by the grace I’ve found. Every breath, every scar every mile I’ve known I owe it all to You when I ran out of road The final approach came crooked and low With the whole wide world in the undertow Granddad fought the wind, and the engine cried But mercy took the wings and brought us down alive The tires kissed earth and the cabin shook I saw the Lord in the way that He looked Not in a voice not in a burning sign But in the fact that we walked away that time Thank You Jesus for the times You held me When the night came down and the fear surrounded me When the road ran out when the sky went blind You were the shelter I was trying to find I’ve walked through fire I’ve stared death down But I’m still here by the grace I’ve found Every breath every scar every mile I’ve known I owe it all to You when I ran out of road Years later, driving that late highway home Headlights cutting through the dark alone Then steel met pavement and the whole world spun Glass in the air like a midnight gun My hands went numb and my lungs locked tight Death leaned close in the dashboard light I cried Jesus save me with everything I had And somehow the darkness didn’t take me back I had no strength no plan no claim Just one last prayer in Your holy name Thank You Jesus for the times You held me When the night came down and the fear surrounded me When the road ran out when the sky went blind You were the shelter I was trying to find I’ve walked through fire I’ve stared death down But I’m still here by the grace I’ve found Every breath every scar every mile I’ve known I owe it all to You when I ran out of road Then lightning found me in a storm-lit place A white-hot hammer of impossible grace One second here then the world went black A thunderclap rolled like a freight train track They checked my heart before the strike Recorded every rhythm, every line of life Then after the flash when the danger had passed They checked me again and my heart still beat fast Pre-strike proof, post-strike wonder I felt Your mercy split the thunder The doctors had numbers the storm had scars But You were the Keeper of beating hearts The instruments measured what the body went through But they couldn’t measure the mercy of You I’ve asked why me and I’ve asked why then Why You pulled me from the edge again I don’t know all that Heaven has shown But I know I never survived alone When the plane wouldn’t land...You stayed When the highway took me...You stayed When the lightning came down...You stayed When my heart should’ve quit...You stayed Thank You Jesus for the life You gave me For every hidden hand that reached down to save me Through the wind and the wreck and the lightning flame, You called me back by the power of Your name I’ve walked through fire I’ve stared death down But Your mercy keeps turning me around Every breath, every scar every mile I’ve known I owe it all to You when I ran out of road So if the black clouds gather and the long night falls If I hear death knocking through these old walls I’ll remember the storms, the crash, and the flame And lift up my voice in Jesus’ name You’ve carried me farther than I could go, You’ve guarded the life I was ready to let go Through every danger through every unknown Thank You, Lord for never leaving me alone.
