Are You Listening? |
Sharon J. Bryant |
ARE YOU LISTENING?
Are you listening Lord To what these parents have said? Do you hear their faith in You Each night as they go to bed? Can you see the pain Lord, That so many are going through each day These are parents whose child has died They're lost and can't find their way Are you listening Lord Do you see the tears they cry None of us understand some things Nor any of the reasons why Our children are gone Lord Taken from us in a flash We had no warning given to us Hopes of our futures were dashed Can you feel the pain Lord Of a parent whose child took their life They need answers Lord It's tearing apart husbands and wives Were you in the hospitals Lord With the ones whose child was ill? They begged you to help them As their hearts suddenly stood still Were you with Me Lord That day so long ago When I begged you "Don't take my son" Were you watching me down below? Were you with me Lord When I stood there by his grave? I couldn't "feel" you there Why, his life, didn't you save? Have you been there Lord On those nights I barely got by? When I felt a hand on my shoulder Was that You standing by my side? Did you see me Lord Five years later at another grave When I said good by to my mom When cancer took her life away? Were you there with my family Lord Five years ago when my brother left this land I tried my best to help dad When he cried and held my brother's hand What do we do now Lord, Where do we go from day to day? How do we cope with our hearts broken Lord, somehow You must show us the way We need a miracle from you Lord We need to know You can hear We've lost the most precious thing to us But how do we cope from here? How do we learn to smile again And how do we get through the years? Is our lives forever filled with sadness Do we ever stop shedding tears? I know You lost Your Son Lord, I know you sacrificed Him for Us How did YOU go on Lord, Who did You have to trust? My life was changed so long ago And nothing's been the same since then I've survived, that's true But at times, I find myself stumbling again We hurt so much Lord, As you very well know We need You to help us, because this journey Takes so long to go Can you hear me Lord I ask in memory of my son I'll wait for You to call my name And know my journey is done. But give me the wisdom, whatever it takes To help someone who is new This is so hard to endure Lord To give our child to You |