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"Family Cycle of Life"


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FAMILY CYCLE OF LIFE


WHEN THEY WERE SMALL...WE WIPED THEIR NOSE
AND DIAPERED...THEIR LITTLE RUMP
IF THEY FELL AND BUMPED THEIR HEAD
WE APPLIED ICE ....TO THE LUMP


WE TUCKED THEM INTO BED AT NIGHT
AND TAUGHT THEM HOW TO PRAY
HELPED WITH THEIR HOMEWORK
AND ATTENDED THEIR FIRST SCHOOL PLAY


EXCITED...BECAUSE OF THEIR FIRST DATE
SOMETIMES...GIVING THE KEYS TO THE CAR
WE PACED THE FLOOR WHEN THEY WERE LATE
YET...THEIR "EGO'S" WE TRIED NOT TO MAR


THEN OFF TO COLLEGE...YEARS PAST SO FAST
THEY WERE READY TO SPREAD THEIR WINGS
HOPING THE MONEY WOULDN'T RUN OUT
PAYING FOR TUITION, BOOKS AND THINGS


SUDDENLY...THE NEST WAS EMPTY
NO ONE TO WATCH...OR CARE FOR
FEELING LONELY...AND BEGINNING TO THINK
"THEY DON'T NEED ME....ANYMORE"


DON'T LET YOUR MIND GET WORRIED
AND SIMPLY TRY TO UNDERSTAND
IN THIS SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES
GOD...HAS CREATED A MASTER PLAN


HE KNEW AS CHILDREN BECAME OLDER
THEY WOULD HAVE A TENDENCY TO ROAM
AND HE KNEW YOU'D BE THERE WAITING
FOR THEM TO RETURN...BACK HOME


YOU ARE THEIR SOLID FOUNDATION
IT'S BY YOU...THAT THEY WERE REARED
THROUGH EVERYTHING...GOOD AND BAD
THEY KNEW YOU REALLY CARED.


IT'S A LESSON THAT GOD TEACHES
ABOUT LOVE...FAMILY AND SUCH
FOR WE TOO...ARE HIS CHILDREN
AND HE LOVES US ...VERY MUCH


IT'S THE SAME WAY WITH OUR LORD
SEEING US WALK AWAY FROM HIM
HOPING WE'LL REMEMBER FROM WHENCE
WE CAME..............
AND BACK TO HIM...AGAIN


OUR HEAVENLY FATHER GAVE US LIFE
AND HE SEE'S US GO ABOUT OUR WAY
PATIENTLY WAITING FOR US TO RETURN
TO VISIT WITH HIM...WHILE WE PRAY.


COPYRIGHT 1998 JUDITH JOHNSON KYPTA



ISAIAH 49:15,16
CAN A WOMAN FORGET HER SUCKLING CHILD
THAT SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE COMPASSION ON
THE SON OF HER WOMB?  YEA, THEY MAY FORGET,
YET WILL I NOT FORGET THEE.
BEHOLD, I HAVE GRAVEN THE UPON THE PALMS
OF MY HANDS; THY WALLS ARE CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME














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