Cherished Blessing
(Written By Candice Landis, 11/13/2013)
There Once Was A Family Who Went To Church Every Sunday
Two Little Boys, One Little Girl, A Mommy And A Daddy
All Dressed Up And In The Family Car
Ready To Go Worship God, It Wasn't Far
But Something Scary Happened After Every Church Service
Daddy Got Angry And This Made Everyone Nervous
His Mood Changed, Seemingly For No Reason At All
They Waited With Baited Breath Each Sunday To See Which One He Would Choose To Take The Fall
Sometimes He Would Wait Until They Got Home
Other Times He Would Pull Over Along The Side Of The Road
Lashing Out With Angry Words And Heavy Fists
Many A Time Someone Got Beat, Ending Up With Black Eyes , Welts From Daddy's Belt, Swollen Busted Lips
The Boys Grew Up Not Liking Church Or Respecting God Because Of All This
They Often Stood By While Their Father Beat Their Mother, Angry, Scared And Helpless
Eventually There Was An Ugly Divorce And Of His Father The Youngest Boy Was Terrified
He Had Convinced Himself In His Mind His Father Was Satan Personified
One Day While The Boy Was Home Alone At Age 13, His Father Showed Up Full Of Anger And Hate
No One Knows What Happened For Sure, They Found The Boy In A Catatonic State
The Last Words He Spoke Were, My Father Is The Devil !
Then He Slid Into A Waking Coma , His Body Seeming To Suddenly Be An Empty Vessel
He Was Taken To A Hospital And There He Remained For Three Months
They Watched As He Withered Away Before Their Eyes, Of Hope For Him They Didn't Have Much
They Were Told His Body Would Eventually Shut Down And He Would Die
They Watched Over Him And Many A Prayer Was Said, Many A Tear Was Cried
Then One Day He Miraculously Awoke, No Rhyme Or Reason Why
His Mother Visited Him Every Weekend And Made Plans To Take Him Home
But A Week Before He Was To Be Released His Father Came To See Him With Tragic News
"Your Mom Was Killed In A Car Accident And I've Come To Take Care Of You."
So He Left With His Father And Went To His Mothers Funeral To Say Goodbye
All His Family Was There And They Seemed Upset To Him, "What's He Doing Here? They Cried
So His Father Convinced Him His Family Did Not Want Him And He Should Go Home With Him
So Being Hurt And Confused, Having Lost His Mother, That's What The Little Boy Did
He Remained With His Father In The City Until The Age Of Seventeen When He Tired Of The Abuse
Then He Called His Older Brother To Come Get Him , He Needed To Be Rescued
So He Moved Back Home And Lived With Different Relatives Until His Graduation
Then He Bought A House Of His Own And Began A New Life, Filled With Determination
He Married Then And Had A Little Girl That Looks Just Like Him
Sadly The Marriage Failed And He Picked Up The Pieces Of His Life And Began Again
He Kept Working, Breathing, Surviving, Living Life As He Was Meant
Eventually He Loved Another ,Married Again And This Time It Was Heaven Sent
God Sent Him To A Girl Who Was A Kindred Spirit
She'd Been Through The Heartache And Pain And Prayed For A Hero And He Was It!
They Fell In Love Had Two Baby Girls And Defied The Odds
Through Years Of Turmoil And The Stresses Of Life Their Love Survived, Praise God
Now With The Children Grown, Living Lives Of Their Own
Feeling A Bit Lost They Turned To Our Father On His Heavenly Throne
Asking Forgiveness For Their Sins And For Guidance Down A More Godly Road
Thankful For Every Blessing In Thier Lives He Has Bestowed
That Little Boy Is Now Fifty Years Old, With A Beautiful Family And A Love Filled Home
He's A Little Guarded Because Of His Past And Not An Easy Person To Get To Know
His Smiles Are Like The Rarest Of Diamonds, Hard To Find, But Blindingly Beautiful To Behold
I'm Proud To Call Him My Husband And Love Him More Than He Will Ever Know