It was late one night, and I was scrambling to write 1 more song before I went into the studio. I sat at the piano in my living room and started to play the chord progression. I was trying to play very quietly so that I would not wake up the entire house, which I think explains why the song is so tender. The melody and chords came together so quick, which doesn’t happen very often. I began to write the lyrics and decided that I wanted to take the listeners on a journey through a prayer. I start by asking God if I could walk a mile in His shoes, then I ask Him if I could spend a day in His mind, then I ask Him if I could feel what He feels in His heart, and then I sum it all up by asking if I could just see through His eyes. Can you imagine what kind of people we would be if we saw the world through God’s eyes? Here’s the finished lyrics:

If I could walk a mile in Your shoes / I would never pass another stranger or turn away from hunger / I’d be on my knees begging too / Just to show him we are brothers, in this life together

If I could spend a day in Your mind / I’d see the beginning and the end / How it all will work together / How all of history was designed / Just to lead us to our Father and live with You forever

If I could see the world through Your eyes / I would be in sorrow with the widow, comforting the captives / If I could see the world through Your eyes / I would pay forgiveness to my debtor / For sin is not remembered in Your eyes

If I could feel the pain in Your heart / When You gave Your one and only Son / If I could hear the cry of heaven / I would have a different love / For the broken and rejected / In You they are remembered

If I could see the world through Your eyes / I would see the helpless and the stranger / They can’t just help each other / If I could see the world through Your eyes / I would see a broken generation / How we are not forgotten in Your eyes

In Your Eyes

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