~FOOTPRINTS
MINISTRY, INC.~
(BRINGING
HOPE TO BEREAVED FAMILIES)
Skip
& Jerry Mudge
6605
Mallard Park Dr
Charlotte,
NC 28269
704-509-6603
~GOD
LENT HIM~
~Strickland
Gillilan~
God lent him
to me for my very own,
Let me become
his father...me alone!
Gave him to
me, not for an hour - for years!
(Tis greatefulness
gleams in my eyes, not tears)
No joy that
fathers know, but it was mine.
Fathering
the laddie so strong and fine.
Time after
time I said, "Tis but a dream,
I shall awake
to find things only seem
Grand as they
are." Yet still he lingered on,
Till year
on sweeter year had come and gone.
My heart is
filled forever with a song
Because God
let me have my lad so long.
He was my
own until I finally knew
And never
could forget how deep and true
A father's
love for his own son may be.
It drew me
nearer to God Himself, for He
Has loved
His Son. These are grateful tears -
That he was
with me all those happy years.
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