Did you Know, Did you Know, Sweet Child So Dear

Did you know, did you know sweet child so dear
That God wants to fill your heart with cheer
Happy to be all that you are
His precious, wondrous, glorious star

Did You Know Sweet Child so Dear Protected

Did you Know, Did you Know, Sweet Child So Dear

By Effie Darlene Barba

Why will this world not let you be

A child who laughs and loves so free

With open heart and purity

No thought of race nor desperate plea

To change one’s own identity

From solo me to he, she, it, or we

In this world, you’ll only find

Confusion clouds and fills your mind

In desperation, heart resigned

Discontent with self-undefined.

To Truth and hope, remaining blind

Because of their words so misaligned

CHORUS 1 Did you know

Did you know, did you know sweet child so dear

That God wants to fill your heart with cheer

Happy to be all that you are

His precious, wondrous, glorious star

Shining so bright, a light from above

So filled with grace, His precious love


Oh, precious child, do not explore

Changing yourself, so long before

You have your voice, Your own special roar

You are the one God made to adore

He sees your greatness long, long before

You have your wings on which to soar

So,

Just as you are and nothing more

He gives you wings on which to soar

And gives you a voice with your special roar

He is waiting for you to open the door

Letting Him in. Oh, do not ignore

He is the true love that you’re looking for

Chorus 2

Did you know, did you know sweet child so dear

That God wants to fill your heart with cheer

So, please take your time that you might grow

With strength and beauty, then you will glow

The Glory and Grace, He chose for you

His joy each day He gives anew


They say that you must choose today

Rid you of you to then make a way

There surely, really is no time to play

You must, you must, is all that they say.

Yet, be true to you and never betray

The feelings that draw you so far astray


Instead take your time, do not confuse

The wicked evil that they do use

To say today now you must choose

Or all your chances you might just lose

And be cast aside like some old recluse

Yours fears and pains are what they misuse

Chorus 3

Did you know, did you know sweet child so dear

That God wants to fill your heart with cheer

Four Kinds of love He has given you

Through each of these, His love will pursue

There is family, friends, and then one day

An erotic love may come your way


No need to rush or hurry it in

The steady and sure normally win

For when you do rush ahead to begin

Confusion presents and breaks you within

Until you can’t trust who, where or when

Even forgetting who you are then


But above all the others, the fourth love is best

It rises above surpassing the rest

Offering peace to those who are stressed

Instilling its joy for all the depressed

Providing its care to the oppressed

Changing broken into redeemed and blessed

Chorus 4.

Did you know, did you know sweet child so dear

God loves you so much and bids you draw near

To cloak you with robes, protecting your heart

His strength and His love to never depart

Overflowing in you, like a bubbling spring

Of Eternal Hope, His love makes you sing

“Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, and to take Him at His word, just to rest upon His promise and to know Thus saith the Lord-

Oh, how I love Jesus, Oh how I love Jesus, Oh how I love Jesus because He first loved me.

Concluding Thoughts

We must protect our children from all the confusion and pain, allowing them to be children before having to make decisions that can so altar their life. I remember being a child, a very sensitive child weeping for the oppressed, the hurting. I too was among them, trying to discover who I was. Were it not for God’s grace and love, I would have been drowned by the pressures around and within me. I am so grateful that I came to know Him as a young child listening to the radio sermons playing in the background every Sunday morning. The greatest gift my mother gave me was Jesus Christ.

DO YOU KNOW CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR AND LORD? He is our only Hope in Life and Death! Our Joy is found in Him.

If you don’t know Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord: I urge you to go to my page titled How to Be Saved by clicking on this link. There is nothing more important than this; because He is the way, the truth and the life. Therefore, I urge you to seek Him today.

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DISCLOSURES

©Effie Darlene Barba, 2021
Disclosure of Material Connection: I have not received any compensation for writing this post. Furthermore, I have no material connection to the brands, products, or services that I have mentioned except for my own books. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.

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