Whatever It Takes

I was priviledged to sing trio with my big brother and his wife, Barb, once in a while.

Hubby Dave irreverently dubbed us the "B-O Trio" for Bougher-Ohlerking.

One of the most anointed and memorable to me was the one we all found hard to get through without tearing up: Lanny Wolfe's "Whatever It Takes."

There's a voice calling me from an old rugged tree, and it whispers, "draw closer to me,"
"Leave this world far behind, there are new heights to climb, and a new place in me you will find."

Take the dearest things to me, if that's how it must be, to draw me closer to Thee;
Let the disappointments come, lonely days without the sun, if through sorrow more like you I'll become.

Take my houses and lands, change my dreams and my plans, for I'm placing my whole life in your hands;
And if you call me today, to a land far away, Lord, I'll go and your will obey.

And whatever it takes to draw closer to you Lord, that's what I'll be willing to do
And whatever it takes to be more like you, that's what I'll be willing to do
I'll trade sunshine for rain, comfort for pain, that's what I'll be willing to do
For whatever it takes for my will to break, that's what i'll be willing to do.