Attaining Perspective

So sorry that I've not been keeping up with this blog lately, but I'm up to my eyeballs in studying at the moment. I'll admit to feeling a range of emotions this past week: frustration, anxiety, boredom, and even a touch of despair. Sometimes I feel utterly and completely overwhelmed by the tasks set before me, and sometimes I wonder if it will be worth it in the end. But when I find myself plagued by doubts, I turn to this song, and it gives me comfort and perspective. Here are the lyrics, but I highly recommend taking a listen. It's sung by the phenomenal Brian Stokes Mitchell, written by Stephen Schwartz for the movie "Prince of Egypt."

A single thread in a tapestry
Through its color brightly shine
Can never see its purpose
In the pattern of the grand design

And the stone that sits on the very top
Of the mountain's mighty face
Does it think it's more important
Than the stones that form the base?

So how can you see what your life is worth
Or where your value lies?
You can never see through the eyes of man
You must look at your life

Look at your life through heaven's eyes

A lake of gold in the desert sand
Is less than a cool fresh spring
And to one lost sheep, a shepherd boy
Is greater than the richest king
If a man lose ev'rything he owns
Has he truly lost his worth?
Or is it the beginning 
Of a new and brighter birth?

So how do you measure the worth of a man
In wealth or strength or size?
In how much he gained or how much he gave?
The answer will come
The answer will come to him who tries
To look at his life through heaven's eyes

And that's why we share all we have with you
Though there's little to be found
When all you've got is nothing
There's a lot to go around

No life can escape being blown about
By the winds of change and chance
And though you never know all the steps
You must learn to join the dance
You must learn to join the dance

So how do you judge what a man is worth
By what he builds or buys?
You can never see with your eyes on earth
Look through heaven's eyes
Look at your life
Look at your life
Look at your life through heaven's eyes