Sent You To Be Tested

[Verse 1]
You said
“Child
I’m gonna send you
Down that dusty
Crowded road
Where the weary hearts are hiding
Where the heavy loads get hauled”
You said
“There you’re gonna learn
Son
What a pair of hands is for
To build
To mend
To carry
To knock on heaven’s door”
[Chorus]
Child
I sent you to be tested
I sent you there to learn
To build and serve and sacrifice
Not just take your turn
I sent you where the hurting are
So you could really see
That every soul that walks this earth
Stands the same as you and Me
(we’re all equal, yeah)
Stands the same as you and Me
[Verse 2]
You said
“Don’t you go there preaching
‘Less you’re ready first to kneel
Wash the feet of total strangers
Share your bread and share your field”
You said
“Listen when they’re speaking
Hear the stories
Every one
See My face in every neighbor
Every daughter
Every son”
[Chorus]
Child
I sent you to be tested
I sent you there to learn
To build and serve and sacrifice
Not just take your turn
I sent you where the hurting are
So you could really see
That every soul that walks this earth
Stands the same as you and Me
(oh, we’re equal)
Stands the same as you and Me
[Bridge]
From the big white house on the high hill
To the wagon with one wheel left
From the banker in his Sunday suit
To the mama doing her best
You said
“Look past all that wrapping
Down to where the heartbeats start”
‘Cause rich or poor or right or wrong
I weigh every single heart
[Chorus]
Child
I sent you to be tested
I sent you there to learn
To build and serve and sacrifice
Let your little candle burn
I sent you where the hurting are
So you could finally see
That every soul that walks this earth
Stands the same as you and Me
(oh, we’re equal, Lord)
Yeah
Every soul that walks this earth
Stands the same as you and Me

rock, Upbeat hillbilly country gospel: bright acoustic guitar and banjo drive, walking upright bass, brushy snare and foot-stomp groove. Male vocals with a friendly drawl, call-and-response harmonies on the hook. Fiddle fills around the vocal lines; big clapping, shout-along final chorus with a slight tempo push for a barn-raising feel., country