"Prayers for This Child"

"I do not know how I am to pray for this child
as a mother I don't want my baby denied
but in the waiting in the waiting I learned...

every instinct in me wants to shield her from pain
take the arrows of misery heartache and blame
but in the sorrow in the sorrow I learned to hold on...

I only have two eyes - be all seeing
I only have two hands - be everywhere
I do not know enough - to be all knowing
I give this baby up into your care

I do not know how, how to pray for this child
I want to guard her from everything wicked and wild
but in the trial in the trial I learned to hold on
And in the trial, in the trial I learned to hold on to the heart of God."

Sara Groves