This song was inspired by my dear friend, Ray, during a conversation we had at the mosque last week as we watched over our Muslim neighbors. Ray is one of the happiest people I’ve ever met…at all times. He asked me, “What if your life isn’t about you?” I couldn’t get my mind around the concept immediately but this evening, these words were given to me. Thanks, Ray!
May each of you feel and recognize God moving in your life, today and forever.
Your Life?
What if your life was never
Really about you?
Only about the effects
Of all the things you’ll ever do
Your influence on others
The ways you help them change
What would you do different?
How would you rearrange?
Your life
God’s gift
To God’s wondrous world
Your love
Your hope
The excitement that you hurl
At
Ev’ry flower
Ev’ry blade
Of green, green grass
God ever made
Ev’ry future
Ev’ry now
Ev’ry way
Ev’ry how
Every one is God’s child
Every imagination’s wild
Ev’ry right and
Ev’ry wrong
Ev’ry curse and
Ev’ry song
Your life
God’s gift
Your life
God’s love uplifts
What if your life was never
Really about you?
Only about the effects
Of all the things you’ll ever do
Your influence on others
The ways you help them change
What would you do different?
How would you rearrange?
Your life
God’s gift
Your life
God’s love uplifts
For each and ev’ry creature
All of life
All God’s gifts
All of life
God’s love uplifts
Your life?
God’s gift to the world!
Copyright 3/24/2026 John Lage, Jr. All rights reserved.
