gods little lambs

                        OUR CHILDREN_______ GODS LITTLE LAMBS

                                      HOLD A NEW BORN IN YOUR ARMS
                              TOUCH  THEIR FACE AGAINST YOUR CHEEK
                                  FEEL THE WARMTH RUSH TO YOUR SOUL
                YOUR HOLDING A MIRACLE________ THAT GOD HATH UNFOLD


                            BE THEY EBON, OLIVE, YELLOW WHITE OR TAN
        YOUR HOLDING A RAINBOW THAT GOD HAS PLACED IN YOUR HAND
                      THEIR BEAUTIFUL EYES, EARS, NOSE AND LIPS SO NEAT
                            THEIR TINY LITTLE FINGERS AND TOES SO SWEET


        WE HOLD THEM AND CUDDLE THEM AND SHOWER THEM WITH LOVE
                  OUR HEARTS ARE ELATED WITH THESE LAMBS FROM ABOVE
                            WE RUN TO THEIR SIDE WHEN WE HEAR THEM CRY
                        KISS THEIR SKINNED KNEE AND TEAR FROM THEIR EYE

                      WE WATCH THEM GROW UP AND SEND THEM TO SCHOOL
      WE WORRY ABOUT THEM AS TEENS AND THEY THINK US AN OLD FOOL
            LAYING IN BED, PRAYING TO HEAVEN, WONDERING WHAT TO DO
THEY WERE TO BE IN BY ELEVEN AND THE CLOCK SAYS –HALF-PAST-TWO

              NOW THEY ARE GONE AND ON THEIR OWN___ CHOOSING A MATE 
                                              AND MAKING A HOME
                OUR HOUSE AND HEARTS ECHO NOW THAT WE ARE ALONE
ALL THAT IS LEFT ARE MEMORYS AND THE PICTURES ON THE WALL THAT   
                                                    THAT ARE SHOWN


            SO WHEN WE FLEE THE BONDS OF EARTH AND REPORT TO OUR         
                                                      LORD ON HIGH
      WE’LL GO TO HIM ON BENDED KNEE A LOVING HEART AND SAY WITH
                                                      A TENDER SIGH
      WE ARE HERE LORD, YOUR SHEPPARDS, WE HAVE TENDED YOUR FLOCK
      THEY ARE OUR CHILDREN,-- YOUR PRECIOUS LAMBS____ ARE THEY NOT



A POEM WRITTEN BY JERRY BROWN
PRAISE THE LORD FOR THESE BEAUTIFUL WORDS
WRITTEN  02/15/04