Nothing Takes You By Surprise - Mark Harris

It may be a phone call

That comes without warning

And suddenly my heart is breaking

It may be a headline

I wake to one morning

And suddenly my world is shaken

But every now and then

When life falls apart

There’s a truth I trust

That calms my heart

Nothing takes You by surprise

Here beneath these troubled skies

There’s a comfort just to realize

Nothing takes You by surprise

Sometimes the hard times seem

Sensless and random

Like life’s just a sries of chances

But come what may you’ve never

Left us abandoned

You’re God over all circumstances

And nothing on earth

Can stop Your plans

You’re in control

We’re in Your hands

Nothing takes You by surprise

Here beneath these troubled skies

There’s a comfort just to realize

Nothing takes You by surprise

Though bitter winds blow

This truth is sweet

Things out of our hands

Are still under Your feet — and

Nothing takes You by surprise

Here beneath these troubled skies

There’s a comfort just to realize

Nothing takes You by surprise

Nothing takes You by surprise

Whatever crisis may arise

Jesus you’re Lord of our lives

Nothing takes You by surprise