Parent's Prayer

I guess we have always known

That a day like this one would come

When our children would leave us

And begin to build a home of their own

Lord, all you have taught us

We have gladly passed on to them

But one thing we don't know

Is how to place them back in your arms again

Lord, help us let go of two

That they might become one

Just like the Father, Spirit, and Son

Two hearts invisibly bound in love

By a vow that will not be undone

Now in your tender care

Lord, be all that we cannot be

And help us to trust you

When we don't see you quickly meeting their needs

For you have provided

Since the day you gave our children to us

But now, in your arms dear Jesus

The time has come for giving them up

The urge is strong

To try holding on

To the image of two

The way that we knew them

But now in your eyes

The two will be as one