In
the spring of 2008 I first prayed for a baby, and in the spring of 2011
God answered that prayer with the birth of our beautiful daughter. My
joy was full but so were the fears I wrestled. In some ways I felt like
a baby Christian again, caught in a whirlwind of emotions, learning and
applying what I have known and trusted into a completely new life - I
know I'm definitely not the first to feel that!
Friends
of ours had given us a card when their first son was born; it was full
of prayer requests for his little life, a prayer for every day of the
month. My prayers were not quite as coherent as those, especially at
first, but the urgency of the moment drove me to my knees. “Help her,
help me” baby prayers at 3am; prayers as I heard the baby monitor light
up in the morning; prayers when I thought of her safety, her soul, her
future; prayers with my husband; prayers while Eliza listened in.
When
people found out that I was pregnant one of the most frequent comments I
received was how my creativity would discover a whole new vista of
inspiration as I became a mother. So, when Eliza came I was
anticipating a fresh flow of profound poetic thought, but instead I was
swept up in the constant flow of changes and feedings and “Old MacDonald
had a farm!” I was expecting full sentences, but I was blubbering
looking at my beautiful girl! I actually wondered if I'd ever be able to
write again. I just about tucked some thoughts away to ponder later
when my brain would start to fit itself back together again (still
nowhere near a completed process!). As I continued to learn the
wonderful balancing act and privilege of mothering, homemaking, writing,
traveling and singing, Keith and I began to write a song for Eliza
choosing this theme of praying for her, and the end result was “A
Mother's Prayer.”
My
parents have faithfully prayed for me my whole life, and I remember
when I was younger my mum met with other mums to pray for all their
children – a “Moms in Touch” group in Belfast. Even just the knowledge
of that helped me, and I want Eliza to know we are praying for her and
trying to guide her in this context that reaches to the call and purpose
of her whole life and an understanding of the Lord's grace and
faithfulness. We're now in the toddler stage and some of the prayer
needs are shifting. We wanted the song to reflect the different seasons
- ones we had discovered and then those still to come. We also wrote
it to remind us of our promise to pray for her through all the years
we're given. We hope this song for her – and even more our praying for
her – might catch her ear and help guide her heart as she grows up.
Here's the video for A Mother's Prayer:
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