I do not know how I am to pray for this child As a mother I don't want my baby denied But in the waiting in the waiting I learned
Every instinct in me wants to shield him from pain Take the arrows of misery heartache and blame But in the sorrow in the sorrow I learned to hold on
I only have two eyes - be all seeing I only have two hands - be everywhere I do not know enough - to be all knowing I give this baby up into your care
I do not know how, how to pray for this child I want to guard her from everything wicked and wild But in the trial in the trial I learned to hold on And in the trial, in the trial I learned to hold on to the heart of God
