My Daughter Is A Treasure

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(Written for my unborn daughter)

I AM EUPHORIC!
GOD KNEW HOW I WAS MADE
A SOUL OF TENDERNESS
CONSIDERED ODD IN MEN
I WOULD DEIGN CRY
IF I WASN'T SO PLEASED

MOM HID THE FORM TO SURPRISE ME
WHEN I SAW THE PINK CONFETTI 
IT OVERJOYED ME 
OUR NEW LITTLE GIRL 
A TINY PRECIOUS JEWEL 
FROM GOD'S HEART 
SENT TO REFINE US 
INTO HIS NATURE 

YOU'LL BE OUR FIRST
THE HOPE OF MOMMY 
THE PRIDE OF DADDY
I WAS ALSO THE OLDEST CHILD
IT'S REALLY A HARD JOB 
PLEASE BE LENIENT
SINCE WE'RE NEW TO THIS, TOO

WE HAVE TWO ADORABLE DOGS
THEY'RE NAMES ARE MAX AND ACE
WE ADOPTED THEM, I THOUGHT
THEY TAUGHT US HOW TO LOVE
SO WE'D BE READY 
TO SHARE IT WITH YOU 

EVEN AT SIXTEEN WEEKS 
WE GOT A GLIMPSE OF YOU
IN PUNCHING WANDS 
IN A LONG ULTRASOUND 
IN EVADING SIGHT 
TO IRRITATE DADDY 

KNOW THIS: WE FAIL 
I AM WEAK, FRAIL
I HATE REGRETS, AS THEY BLIND
I EXIST EVERY DAY
FOR GRACE EXCUSES PRIDE 
EVEN MY HURT 
WILL BE MADE OF USE 
IT SANDED WITH TIME 
AS WE SMELL ITS FRAGRANCE
THE OIL OF REPENTANCE

WE GRADE EXCELLENCE
AS ACHIEVED CREATIVE APTITUDE
THE OLD, SEPTIC NEED
TO REMAKE YOUR DAD'S TIRED TROPHIES
IS THE WRONG PATH 
MY DREAM IS FOR ALL GOD'S HOPE
TO FILL YOUR LIFE 
IT IS A PATH OF HOLY DISCOVERY
AS HE DOES NOT REVEAL 
EVERY STEP AT ONCE

WHEN HE LEADS, YOU'LL FOLLOW
THERE'S PAIN, BUT FULFILLMENT
LOSS, BUT LIFE
DEATH, BUT RESURRECTION
THE GOD OF ALL COMPASSION
THOROUGHLY DELIGHTS IN YOU
HE NEVER ABANDONS YOU
TO HURT ALONE
HE PROTECTED YOU
EVEN IN MOMMY'S WOMB 

A TIME WILL COME 
WHEN I WILL RELEASE YOU TO SOAR
INTO THE OPEN SKY 
UNTIL THEN
WE'LL STRENGTHEN YOUR WINGS
TO BE READY FOR YOUR DESTINY

I WISH WE WERE TOGETHER ALREADY
REALIZING THE DEPTH 
AND LIMITS OF OUR LOVE
MOMMY CAN TEACH US AGAPE LOVE
AS WE WORK TO FOLLOW GOD
OUR LOVE SHINES FORTH 
AS A REFLECTION OF THE FATHER
FEW KNOW WHY HE DEVOTES HIMSELF
TO ALL OF THE BROKEN
SO WE CAN KNOW 
IT WAS NEVER EARNED 

JESUS CAN HELP US 
OUR ASH-FED SOULS 
COME ALIVE IN HIS PRESENCE
A BELIEVER MUST BE 
A PERSONAL FRIEND OF HIS
HE SHED HIS BLOOD 
TO SERVE PEOPLE IN NEED 
RESTORING US AS FAMILY 

I PRAY FOR WILD DAYS BY THE LAKE
LIQUID BLAZE ON THE WAVES
CHOPPED WITH A DIESEL WAKE 
LONG NAPS IN THE SHADE 
FRESH PEARS AS A SUNSET FADES

OUR LIFE TOGETHER'S SUCH A FRAGILE JOY
NOT A SECOND CAN BE REGAINED 
IN THIS AGE 
BUT HOURLY PAIN IS MADE 
INTO ETERNAL YIELD 
A HARVEST OF AWAKENING
SOWN AS WE LIVE 
REAPED THROUGHOUT THE EONS 

YOU CAN CALL DAD
AND A MOUNTAIN WILL BE MOVED 
MY LONGING FOR YOU 
IS SWEETENED BY ITS BREVITY
I KNOW THAT I DECIDED RIGHTLY 
WHEN I CHOSE YOUR MOMMY 


Total Letters: 1935
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Subtext: MY BONES WERE NOT HIDDEN FROM YOU, WHEN I WAS MADE IN SECRET AND SEWED TOGETHER IN THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH. YOUR EYES SAW ME WHEN I WAS INSIDE THE WOMB. ALL THE DAYS ORDAINED FOR ME WERE RECORDED IN YOUR SCROLL BEFORE ONE OF THEM CAME INTO EXISTENCE. (Psalms 139:15-16 NET)



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