Poetry

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HOW DO I LOVE YOU

AND JUST HOW DO I LOVE YOU
CHILD, YOU CAN’T COUNT THE WAYS
I’VE SHELTERED, CLOTHED AND FED YOU
THROUGHOUT ALL OF YOUR DAYS
IT WAS ME THAT GAVE UNTO YOU LIFE
WHEN YOU WERE NOT YET BORN
I GAVE YOU GODLY PARENTS
WHO PROTECTED YOU FROM HARM
I WATCHED O’ER YOU WHILE GROWING UP
All THROUGH YOUR TEENAGE YEARS
THROUGH DISAPPOINTMENT OF FIRST LOVE
I DRIED UP ALL YOUR TEARS
I HELPED YOU PASS YOUR DRIVING TEST
AND HELPED YOU GRADUATE
I GOT YOU THAT PROMOTION
I GAVE YOU A GODLY MATE
IT WAS ME WHO TALKED THE BANKER
INTO GIVING YOU THE LOAN
WHEN YOU WERE SHORT
ON THE DOWN PAYMENT
WHILE BUYING YOUR FIRST HOME
I WAS THERE THE NIGHT BESIDE YOUR BED
WHEN YOU ASKED ME TO COME IN
SO I COULD BE YOUR SHEPHERD
AND SAVE YOUR SOUL FROM SIN
I’VE ALSO BEEN THERE EACH NIGHT SINCE
AND WATCHED YOU ‘TILL THE DAY
I’VE WAITED THERE TO TALK TO YOU
WHEN YOU WERE TOO TIRED TO PRAY
BUT I WAS STILL THERE WAITING
WITH MY WATCHFUL EYES ON YOU
BECAUSE I AM YOUR SAVIOR
AND JUST BECAUSE THAT I LOVE YOU
I KEPT YOU AS YOUR CHILDREN GREW
I SAVED THEM ONE BY ONE
I HELD YOU AS THEY LEFT THE NEST
YOUR DAUGHTER AND YOUR SON
WHEN YOU BURIED YOUR DEAR PARENTS
AND HAD TO FOLLOW TO THE GRAVE
I WAS THERE TO HOLD YOU UP
AND HELP YOU TO BE BRAVE
I’VE GUIDED YOU THROUGH ALL THE YEARS
WHILE YOUR HAIR CHANGED TO SNOWY WHITE
I GAVE YOU PEACE AND COMFORT
AND MADE SURE EVERYTHING’S ALRIGHT
AND ALL THE THINGS I’VE DONE FOR YOU
THAT YOU WILL NEVER KNOW
BUT I DON’T MIND ONE LITTLE BIT
BECAUSE I LOVE YOU SO
SO WHEN YOU TRY TO COUNT THE THINGS
YOU’VE GOTTEN BY MY HAND
IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR YOU MY CHILD
TO COUNT THE GRAINS OF SAND
THAT ARE IN THE OCEANS DEEP
OR THE STARS UP IN THE SKY
THAT I HAVE MADE SO BEAUTIFUL
AND YOU’RE THE REASON WHY
SO JUST HOW DO I LOVE YOU
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW
JUST LOOK WHAT I DID AT CALVARY
OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO!



GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD TO
REV.THOMAS L. HOLT 11/12/09

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