WHEN ILLNESS COMES

 

CHRISTMAS IS A WONDERFUL TIME
JOY WAS EVERY WHERE
OUR CHILDREN WERE SO CLOSE THIS TIME
ALL THE ONES WE LOVED WHERE THERE

THEN ILLNESS CAME TO THE ONE I LOVE
AND FRIGHTENED I BECAME
SO TO THE HOSPITAL THERE HE WENT
CHRISTMAS WOULD NOT BE THE SAME

THEN I THOUGHT THIS DAYS NOT OURS
IT BELONGS TO GOD’S ONLY SON
SO WITH THIS THOUGHT I DID THE BEST
I TRIED TO GET THINGS DONE

I PRAYED THAT GOD WOULD HEAL HIM
PLEASE HOLD HIM IN YOUR CARE
I KNEW HE HEARD MY VOICE
OUR SAVIOR’S ALWAYS THERE

NOW WE ARE BOTH HOME AGAIN
BABY JESUS WAS THE ONE
HE HEARD MY PRAYER I SAID TO HIM
PLEASE GUIDE EACH DAY THAT COMES

By JOYCE CLOSE