child potential

A Child's Potential

Give us grace to raise our children
Whatever the daily crises
Strengthen us to reflect you, Lord,
No matter what situation arises

Give us wisdom to have an answer
When hard questions come our way,
When we feel we don't have the answers
When we don't know what to say

Give us your eyes so we can see
The potential they have in you
And see the beauty within their souls
To see them the way you do

Give us hope as a firm foundation
And strength to raise them in love,
So they may feel secure in you
And may come to learn to trust

We pray, O God, you'll help us to
Model ourselves after you,
So they may walk in all your ways
And see, in us, your truth.