A PRAYER FOR YOU
I SAID A PRAYER FOR YOU TONIGHT
I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE GLAD
CAUSE WHEN I SPOKE TO YOU
YOU SEEMED A LITTLE SAD
I ASKED GOD TO TAKE CARE OF YOU
TO HOLD YOU IN HIS ARMSTO SHIELD YOU FROM THE STORMS THAT COME
AND KEEP YOU OUT OF HARM
I TOLD HIM WHEN I LOOKED AT YOU
I SAW YOU WIPE A TEAR
AND TO PLEASE KEEP YOU
FROM THAT AWFUL THING CALLED FEAR
I PRAYED THAT HE WOULD BLESS YOU
AND FILL YOU WITH HIS PEACE
AND THAT HE WOULD TAKE FROM YOU
THAT FEELING OF UNEASE
I ASKED HIS MERCY TO BE UPON YOU
AND TO FILL YOU WITH HIS LOVE
AND ALWAYS WATCH OVER YOU
FROM HIS PLACE UP ABOVE
I PRAYED THAT HE WOULD TOUCH YOU
TO STILL YOUR TREMBLING HAND
AND THAT HE'D LET YOU KNOW
THAT HE DOES UNDERSTAND
I PLEADED HIM TO STEADY YOU
AS YOU TRAVEL DOWN LIFES ROAD
AND THAT HE WOULD LIGHTEN
YOUR VERY HEAVY LOAD
I PRAYED THAT YOU WOULD NOT WORRY
IT'S SUCH AN AWFUL WASTE
AND THAT INSTEAD HE WOULD FILL YOU
WITH HIS AMAZING GRACE
THEN I PRAYED MY PRAYER BE ANSWERED
YOU SEEMED IN SUCH NEED
AND IF YOU WILL LET HIM
GOD CAN SET YOU FREE
~~BY~~
Joyful ~Joy~
This poem dedicated to
~Gaylene~