Monday, February 2, 2009

Musical Monday #3

It's Monday again :) I've been looking forward all week to this one. Continuing the theme I have with "children's songs" I decided to choose something a little more for the mommies out there.

This week it's Sara Groves' Station Wagon: Songs for Parents



It's a sweet cd filled with songs you would sing to your child but it's not of the Twinkle Twinkle variety. But she's got such a sweet voice and sweet heart and her piano playing is wonderful!

I bought this cd at a Sara Groves concert when I was pregnant. It's one of those cds that I would listen to on my way to work in the morning and would make me weep in anticipation of having Max - you know that hormonal crying, it's that same one that made you cry during diaper commercials.

It made me continue to cry for the first 6 weeks of Max's life when I kept it on continuously in our little apartment in Dallas. It was calm and mllow and helped me relax when I was panicking about being a mom, having this child, and packing to move across the country.

Tonight the lyrics to this song made me tear up. Enjoy.

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 him 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

4 comments:

Tiffany said...

Wow. Those lyrics got me all teared up!

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The Me/ The Wife/ The Mom said...

Hey! That was beautiful! I can understand why it had you in a hormonal tear jag hold for 6 weeks! I am going to go try and ITUNE her!

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jennifersusan said...

thanks for stopping by and entering my contest! I love these lyrics.

Stephanie said...

Thanks for sharing those lyrics that was beautiful.