Joseph,
did you want to pack your tools head to some
Place where nobody whispered,
"there goes Mary's food"?
Joseph, did you look up
and raise your hands?
Praying, "God, You know I've always
Tried to be a righteous
man." Joseph
Joseph,
did you lie awake confused?
Thinking 'bout the small- town scandal
and what love's supposed to do?
Joseph, if you felt you'd been betrayed,
still you didn't
Walk by feelings,
but you chose to walk by faith, Joseph
You couldn't take her as your wife
but wouldn't let harm come to her
You looked beyond the shame and stood
between her and an angry world
And you made no accusations,
so no one could raise a stone
Did you feel so hurt, confused,
and all alone?
Joseph, did you wake up and
want to scream?
"God, are you really speaking through
Some angel in a dream?"
Joseph- Joseph
...
Did it all just seem absurd that your wife
Might be the one to fulfill the
prophet's words?
Joseph
You denied Yourself for others,
obeyed when nothing much made sense
You were her strength and shelter
on the road to Bethlehem
And kneeling by the manger,
bathed in soft starlight
Did you know whose face you touched
that holy night?
Joseph, I hope to sit with you
one day and hear you
Tell me all about the choices you
were called to make
Joseph, it was you and no
one else that God
Had trusted to take care of Mary
and Himself
Joseph
Joseph
It was you, Joseph
Mm, mm
It was you, Joseph
God trusted...