Life As A Child
I had searched my whole life long
To find the truth , that had gone
Out from me as a child .
The joy , the tenderness
The days , so fun , so mild ;
But now that I had grown up
I could barely smile .
I sighed at the store clerk ,
And blinked at the town church .
I began to wallow in booze
And indulge in drugs .
My sight , it grew blurry
But , it was still plain to see -
My childhood nature , was still losing me .
I hung out , with a bunch ,
But friends only a few .
I thought I could find out
That , new something new !
Then one day I realized
That , truly all the while ,
What I really wanted was
To be once again like a child .
To be loving and tender ,
With a nature so mild .
So , I started to try
To grow young and not old :
" This is an impossibility ! "
Was what I was told .
But , I was determined ,
I saw no other hope -
There had to be somehow to live ,
And not just to cope .
I looked in the papers .
I looked in magazines .
I talked to my friends ,
They said , " What's that you mean ? "
I was growing weary ;
I was growing old .
It looked as if I would have to accept
What I had been told .
" You have to face reality ...
Death lies ahead , for you and me ."
" Death " , I quivered .
I don't want to die .
I'm not going to die .
I bowed my head and wondered why ?
With all the advancement , the technology ,
Hasn't anyone found life , that's unimpaired ?
The answer was simple .
I knew what to do !
I'd look in The Holy Bible ,
That's what I'd do !
All this time , I had looked all over ,
Trying to find , some four-leafed clover .
I remembered the church
I used to go to ;
I was still quite young
At the time ;
They gave me a Bible to read
But , I had other things on my mind .
So , on my book shelf ,
It did sit - for years .
But , I opened it up that day ,
I had realized my fears .
At first it was hard
For me to understand ,
But , I kept on searching ;
I knew there had to be an answer ,
Right there in my hands .
Then , I came to the part
Where Jesus , died on the cross .
I thought to myself -
Surely , this was a great loss !
Then it struck me ,
I must begin to pray .
Pray for the answer
To come my way .
I felt my heart lifted ,
My joyfulness renewed ,
I felt like a child , without any blues .
I continued praying and reading
The Holy Bible each day .
I thought about what I read ,
And pondered , " now what did it say ? "
I began to understand ,
That all of us people
All throughout the land ,
Were failures ;
In that , life as a child
Had slipped through our hands .
And that God saw our pitiful state ,
And sent His Son Jesus ,
So we could get things straight .
And as no one is lying
When they're telling the truth .
The words that Jesus spoke
Are the way , I've got proof :
For He said , " To love God "
Who is truly , our Father .
And , " To love one another "
His children beside us .
We are all children ,
The children of God .
And if we can see this ?
We'll swallow our pride
And confess that we're failures ,
And ask Him inside .
He'll give us that love -
So tender and mild .
And give us a new life -
Forever His child .
I had searched my whole life long
To find the truth , that had gone
Out from me as a child .
The joy , the tenderness
The days , so fun , so mild ;
But now that I had grown up
I could barely smile .
I sighed at the store clerk ,
And blinked at the town church .
I began to wallow in booze
And indulge in drugs .
My sight , it grew blurry
But , it was still plain to see -
My childhood nature , was still losing me .
I hung out , with a bunch ,
But friends only a few .
I thought I could find out
That , new something new !
Then one day I realized
That , truly all the while ,
What I really wanted was
To be once again like a child .
To be loving and tender ,
With a nature so mild .
So , I started to try
To grow young and not old :
" This is an impossibility ! "
Was what I was told .
But , I was determined ,
I saw no other hope -
There had to be somehow to live ,
And not just to cope .
I looked in the papers .
I looked in magazines .
I talked to my friends ,
They said , " What's that you mean ? "
I was growing weary ;
I was growing old .
It looked as if I would have to accept
What I had been told .
" You have to face reality ...
Death lies ahead , for you and me ."
" Death " , I quivered .
I don't want to die .
I'm not going to die .
I bowed my head and wondered why ?
With all the advancement , the technology ,
Hasn't anyone found life , that's unimpaired ?
The answer was simple .
I knew what to do !
I'd look in The Holy Bible ,
That's what I'd do !
All this time , I had looked all over ,
Trying to find , some four-leafed clover .
I remembered the church
I used to go to ;
I was still quite young
At the time ;
They gave me a Bible to read
But , I had other things on my mind .
So , on my book shelf ,
It did sit - for years .
But , I opened it up that day ,
I had realized my fears .
At first it was hard
For me to understand ,
But , I kept on searching ;
I knew there had to be an answer ,
Right there in my hands .
Then , I came to the part
Where Jesus , died on the cross .
I thought to myself -
Surely , this was a great loss !
Then it struck me ,
I must begin to pray .
Pray for the answer
To come my way .
I felt my heart lifted ,
My joyfulness renewed ,
I felt like a child , without any blues .
I continued praying and reading
The Holy Bible each day .
I thought about what I read ,
And pondered , " now what did it say ? "
I began to understand ,
That all of us people
All throughout the land ,
Were failures ;
In that , life as a child
Had slipped through our hands .
And that God saw our pitiful state ,
And sent His Son Jesus ,
So we could get things straight .
And as no one is lying
When they're telling the truth .
The words that Jesus spoke
Are the way , I've got proof :
For He said , " To love God "
Who is truly , our Father .
And , " To love one another "
His children beside us .
We are all children ,
The children of God .
And if we can see this ?
We'll swallow our pride
And confess that we're failures ,
And ask Him inside .
He'll give us that love -
So tender and mild .
And give us a new life -
Forever His child .
