CHILDREN
IT
IS SAID THAT CHILDREN ARE A BLESSING FROM ABOVE,
AND
THAT YOU SHOULD ALWAYS GUIDE THEM WITH TENDERNESS AND LOVE.
SOMETIMES
IT'S HARD AS YOU TRY TO ENCOURAGE AND HELP,
WHEN
ALL YOU CAN GET FROM THEM IS, 'I CAN DO IT MYSELF.'
YOU'VE
BEEN THROUGH ALL THE TROUBLE AND PAIN,
AND
CLIMBED ALL THE HURDLES WITH VERY LITTLE GAIN.
YOU
WANT TO EASE THEIR BURDENS ANYWAY THAT YOU CAN
BUT
YOU'RE NOT IMMORTAL, YOU'RE WOMAN AND MAN.
YOU
SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY FROM THE WAY THEY DO.
IN
FACT, YOU FEEL YOU'VE SEEN IT ALL, NOTHINGS NEW.
SO
YOU HANG IN THERE TOOTH AND NAIL
AND
HOPE SOON THAT THEIR TROUBLES WILL PALE.
AS
WE SEE IT, ALL YOU CAN DO IS STAND BACK AND WAIT
AND
HOPE THE LESSONS THEY'VE GOT TO LEARN, WON'T BE TOO LATE.
FOR
ALL WE CAN DO AS MOM AND DAD,
IS
KNOW THAT GOD'S LESSONS WON'T BE REAL BAD.
THEY
HAVE TO LEARN THEM ONE WAY OR THE OTHER,
GOD
WILL TEACH THEM TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
THAT'S
ALL YOU CAN ASK FROM THE CHILDREN YOU LOVE,
IS
TO DEPEND ON THE LORD ABOVE.
By
Janet Matrisch
