Lord Please Gather My Children Home
This is a song for parents and the prayers they have for their children at different stages of life. It also works very well as a wedding song for reflection and a prayer for the future.
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Story behind the song
I was a music director / worship leader at the time I wrote this. It was in the early morning hours of Mother's Day and I couldn't sleep. I really wanted to find a song that I could sing for the mothers in the service. I felt God urging me to write what I had in my heart as a parent.
Lyrics
LORD, PLEASE GATHER MY CHILDREN HOME
(words and music by Mike Jarrell)
VERSE 1
SEEMS I CAN STILL HEAR THE CHILDREN AT PLAY
HEAR THEIR VOICES AND LAUGHTER AT THE END OF THE DAY
WE WOULD GATHER THEM IN ALL PROTECTED AND LOVED
AND BREATHE THIS PRAYER TO THE FATHER ABOVE
CHORUS
WILL YOU BE THERE TO LIGHTEN THEIR LOAD
WOULD YOU HELP THEM ALONG THE ROUGH ROAD
BE A COMFORT IN THE SHADOWS WHEN THEY’RE ALL ALONE
LORD PLEASE GATHER MY CHILDREN HOME
VERSE 2
THE YEARS PASSED ON BY THOUGH TRY AS WE MIGHT
AND THE CHILDREN STAYED OUT PAST THE SHADOWS OF NIGHT
AS WE WAITED FOR SOUNDS TO KNOW THEY WERE SAFE
STILL THIS PRAYER WENT TO HEAVEN ON FAITH
[REPEAT CHORUS]
VERSE 3
NOW THE CHILDREN HAVE GROWN THEY HAVE HOMES OF THEIR OWN
BUT THOUGH THINGS HAVE CHANGED THE CHILD STILL REMAINS
AS THEY HAVE JOYS SORROWS TRIUMPHS AND STRIFE
WE STILL PRAY TO THE GIVER OF LIFE
[REPEAT CHORUS]
VERSE 4
ONE DAY WHEN GOD CALLS IT’S TIME TO COME IN
PROTECTED AND LOVED NEVERMORE TO ROAM
WE WILL KNOW IT WAS PRAYER THAT BROUGHT US TO HIM
WHEN HE GATHERS HIS CHILDREN ALL HOME
[REPEAT CHORUS]
©May 12, 2007 (Mother’s Day) by Mike Jarrell
