A Blessing From Grandma

    I just realized I almost passed up an opportunity for an easy blog post and a way to get double mileage out of a poem I wrote for my soon-to-be granddaughter. I did not want to post it until after Emily's baby shower, which was silly since only one person there reads my blog, but made sense to me at the time. Now it makes sense to break my blogging dry spell with a poem I wrote in a writing monsoon.

A Blessing from Grandma              

Jesus, give this little lamb

The strength to grow and play and run

And many long years in the sun.

Savior, guard this little one

From hate and hurt and sorrow.

Give hope for each tomorrow.

Jesus, help this little child

To dream, and learn, and read

And follow where you lead.

Comforter, when this girl

Is happy, let her praise the Lord,

Is troubled, calm her with your Word.

Shepherd, seek her tender soul,

If she should go astray,

And help her find her way.

Lamb of God, who loves His sheep,

bless this Lamb, when she has grown,

With a family of her own.

6/11/19