Craig Smith Psalm 68:5 Chorus Father, father me,
take my life And father me I am a child without a
father's hand to hold To lead and comfort me A
helpless offspring without a loving home Outside
on my own Come and father me Chorus Let me abide
within the shadow Of Your wings Protected by the
wisdom of Your love Knowing the assurance a
father's love will bring Come and father me Chorus
I can't remember when I first realized I had a
father. It just seems as if Dad were always
there--loving me, having answers to all my
questions, protecting me, disciplining me,
comforting me when I was hurt. So often, we take
for granted the presence of an important "someone"
in our lives, not realizing how dependent we are
upon that person. The first time I understood the
significance of this was when I was about seven
years old. My father took my older brother and me
to a Cardinal baseball game in St. Louis. After
the game, Dad stopped along the street outside the
stadium to buy a souvenir for my younger brother
who was not with us. Since in my seven-year-old
wisdom I thought I know just exactly where we had
parked. I did not wait on Dad and my brother, but
took off through the crowd for the car. What I did
not know was that we had come out another exit on
a different side of the stadium and there were
parking lots on all four sides of the stadium.
When I arrived at the exact spot I remembered the
car being parked, it was nowhere to be seen. A
chill ran through me--then panic! I ran back to
where Dad had stopped--he was gone. For the first
time in my life, I was lost. There I was in a big,
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/FoCstrange city with thousands of people going in
every direction, but I was the loneliest person in
the world. I wanted and needed my father. I turned
around and headed back to the parking lot again to
make sure the car wasn't there, and I came upon a
policeman directing traffic. After listening to my
problem, he made me stay with him, because he know
my father would come back looking for me. Sure
enough, in a few minutes my Dad came running
toward me, picked me up in his arms, and gave me a
big hug. I had been lost--but he found me. Just as
my father has been with me since long before my
conscious memory, our Heavenly Father has been
ever present with us since before the beginning of
time. He promises in 2 Corinthians 6:18, "I will
be a father to you, and you will be my sons and
daughters." He is there when we are lost in the
crowd and lonely, ever waiting for us to be still
and seek Him. He is there waiting to pick us up in
His arms and give us a big hug. He will cover us
and give us refuge under His wings (Psalms 91:4),
much like a mother hen gathers her little chicks
under her wings to protect them from danger. He is
there and concerned about even one lost little boy
in the crowd, for Jesus taught that the Shepherd
will go look for one lost sheep even while the
other ninety-nine are safe, and that our "Father
is not willing that any of these little ones
should be lost." (Matthew 18:12--14) Yes, our
Heavenly Father desires for us to come to Him as a
little child (Matthew 18:4, Mark 10:15) and allow
Him to "father us." What loving, comforting arms
He has!-- David Stubblefield