Why Forgiving Should Be Earned And Not Just Given
I've searched these woods more than once, Crossed every field a time or two, Turned up those rocks over there, Even thought maybe over there in that creek, or down the river even, Looking under neath of a garbage bag dropped here to rest, Turning up top soil freshly dug up, Handed out that picture more than I can count, Hitting truck stops, grocery stores, why even gas stations to have them hung up, Asking people on the street, or even the next town, Please hang this one up for us, You see this childs missing, They have a real nice family, Friends keep asking them if they've called?, And what can we do to help?, In the beginning searches are formed for the missing, Strangers in the freshness of this is how it all starts, And in the end its strangers that now have become thier friends, Some cases we rejoice, While others leave us crying, And holding our children nearer and dearer, Thanking God we weren't so unlucky with ours as others, That our childs voice will still carry on, While others lay so silently gone, Yes these are all reasons to not forget, Why forgiving should not come, Oh so FREELY for those who have done the deeds in taking a childs life. In memory of the children that will pass this year through our many searches. In This Lord we only ask one thing. Please let the number be smaller this year for those we seek to find. Let more hope stay alive. Please Lord let these ones survive. Amen.