Oh, Little Love

Oh, Little Love
 (February 14th, 2011)
For E.R.A.

 Oh little lips
 I pray you say great things
 But if great words you have none
 And speak only silent few
 May your hands show your works of faith
 
 Oh little hands
 I pray you do big things
 But if you do no big things
 And instead do many little
 I pray you do them with a big heart
 
 Oh little heart
 I pray you change the world
 But if you cannot change the world
 And instead change just one life
 I pray you make change while standing firm
 
 Oh little feet
 I pray that you go far
 But you do not go far
 And instead stay close to home
 I pray your love still reaches out
 
 Oh little love
 So pure and unhindered by the world
 I pray that you see Jesus
 But even if you cannot see Him
 I pray that others see Him in you. 

(I wrote this when my first was not quite 1. Of course, I have yet to see what she will become, but somehow these words have been more prophetic than I could ever have imagined.)