I wrote this poem today for all you mothers out there. Whether your children are newborns or 50 years of age, I think you can relate. It is so much easier to accept the tribulations or pains in our own lives and understand them as part of God’s perfect master plan of love for us; but, it is much harder when it is heart of our heart that is hurting. We want to cover them with our wings and protect them. Yet,the truth is God understands us right there where we are and His patience is ever flowing. I hope you find some hope and comfort in this poem.
A Mother’s Prayer
by Effie Darlene Barba
There is no pain so great, so deep
As when I see my dear child weep
When sorrows come or dreams are dashed
Their Heart is broken; hopes are crashed
The wrenching pain cuts deep my heart
I fear that it shall rip apart
My tears pour down like searing rain
I cannot bear to see their pain
Oh Lord, dear Lord for this I plead
Please let me take their bitter reed
This is my prayer both day and night
Give me their darkness, them the light
And then I felt your arm’s embrace
And saw the tears upon your face
The tenderness within your eyes
Had made me realize
That you had felt my pain before
When Christ my sin had bore
How great the pain you felt that day
My sin upon your son did lay
Your love for me, the guilty one
Endured the pain and watched your son
Bearing the wrath that sin demands
Rejected, beaten, nail scarred hands
And so, dear Lord, help me to see
Your plan for them as was for me
To drive them deep within your arms
Away from all these worldly harms
That they may hear Your Joy-filled song
Sung over them amidst the throngs
In You their life remains secure
Your love for them is ever pure
And gentle eyes become their gain
Wisdom and hope that’s born from pain
And points their eyes to always see
Glorious Grace- Eternity
Zephaniah 3: 17 (KJV) 17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
© 2014 Effie Darlene Barba
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