Rescue Your Children

Why does this life have to hurt so much?
The pain, the fears,
The scars, the tears,
Everlasting confusion, and such.
The pining, the penance
Seems to threaten existence 
For the crime of wanting one kind heart's gentle touch.

God in Heaven, please hear me now!
I know You're there.
I know You care
For us. To You I humbly bow.
But this bitter Earth
Beats us into the dirt.
God of love, will You rescue Your children now?
Will You rescue Your child now?

You gave me the gift of a heart far too big.
I feel the yearning,
The sharpness, the burning.
Oh! How this world cuts me to the quick!
And I've been strong
For so very long,
But now I'm breaking down. Oh Lord, I'm wounded and sick.

God in Heaven, please hear me now!
I know You're there.
I know You care
For us. To You I humbly bow.
But this bitter Earth
Beats us into the dirt.
God of love, will You rescue Your children now?
Will You rescue Your child now?

All my life, I've been told I'm so smart,
But I feel so weak,
And my future looks bleak.
God, You know I've tried so hard.
Oh God, I'm afraid
That the messes I've made
Will mean that from my dreams I'll be barred.

God in Heaven, please hear me now!
I know You're there.
I know You care
For us. To You I humbly bow.
But this bitter Earth
Beats us into the dirt.
God of love, will You rescue Your children now?
Will You rescue Your child now?

Oh God, I struggle, fall, and break.
All I do proves a mistake,
And it seems living comes more easily to everyone else.
I love with all I've got,
And that's always enough 'til it's not,
And when I'm alone there's nothing to do but sit and hate myself.

God in Heaven, please hear me now!
I know You're there.
I know You care
For us. To You I humbly bow.
But this bitter Earth
Beats us into the dirt.
God of love, will You rescue Your children now?
Will You rescue Your child now?

It's funny I should remember now
That each day's a gift,
I'm undeserving of this,
Even when my earthly dreams are crashing down.
And though my heart's aching
It's nothing like the breaking
Of Christ's body and heart when He laid His life down.

God in Heaven, please hear me now!
I know You're there.
And I know You care
For us. To You I humbly bow.
And though this bitter Earth
Beats us into the dirt,
From rock bottom, there's no looking down.
I look up, and I see Your face now.

To live in this world is to endure pain.
This world will break you
In the things that make you,
And when you finally escape a valley, your clothes are muddied, torn and stained.
But one day all this hurt
Will be long past specks of dirt,
When I'm standing all in white on my King's mountain, walking down golden lanes.

God in Heaven, please hear me now!
I know You're there.
And I know You care
For us. To You I humbly bow.
And this bitter Earth
Will only have worth
In how I love You and Your children now
'Til I meet You, my King, in the clouds.