The Best is Yet to Come

By Andrea Mabey

There is power in optimism. It is clear when I hear hope sung and it invigorates my heart. It is clear when I hear despair in lyrics that my heart sinks. I encourage you to test it out. The original lyrics to the song “The Best is Yet to Come” by the band Sheppard are mediocre. The tune is catchy and you might just miss the fact that the ideas in the original lyrics don’t connect into any kind of meaningful message. Next, we’ll listen to the song while reading more optimistic lyrics. 

Believe in miracles, because you are reading one right now. I have very little musical training. I quit piano lessons when I was in the third grade. I can sing but often I’m not singing exactly the right note. I do enjoy writing and I can feel the power in these words. I hope they ring true for you too. I give all the credit to God whose spark it was to start this project. He let me struggle with the rhyme and rhythm and then when I finished, He told me where it could be better. This is His song.

 

The Best is Yet to Come 

Guide me to a different place

Where joy is not illusion based

Fear is just a word they can’t define

 

Ideas create the happiness 

Before it even comes to pass

It’s almost if tomorrow is today

 

To live it all today in joy

 Does not deny the pain

I choose to find another way to see

 

The seeds of growth are hidden 

in the trials that we face

And with our thoughts we grant the seed a place

 

Help me understand the best is yet to come

Lift my thoughts to see

How the prize is won

‘Cause YES a way exists I’ll gain what I’ve begun

Though it’s darkest right before the sun

 

I hold a great idea in mind

And trust by law that I will find

It grows into the thing that I desire

By my intention 

And intervention 

(Oh) from heaven’s help encouraging my soul

 

Help me understand the best is yet to come

Lift my thoughts to see

How the prize is won

‘Cause YES a way exists; I’ll gain what I’ve begun

Though it’s darkest right before the sun

 

And if I ever turn the other way

Help me hold the seed of faith another day!

 

Cause I’ve been there before

I’ve been a soldier in this war

 

If I take it in my stride

I’m gonna see the other side

 

Just breathe, breathe

‘Cause everything I need

Is just an idea away

 

Help me understand the best is yet to come

Lift my thoughts to see

How the prize is won

‘Cause YES a way exists; I’ll gain what I’ve begun

Though it’s darkest right before the sun

 

Music: Jason Bovino, Amy Louise Sheppard, George Josef Sheppard

Lyrics: Andrea Mabey

Original Song and Lyrics can be heard at the following link.

The Best Is Yet To Come