It's Your Grace, Lord!

It's my daughter's birthday today, my Lord
Twenty four years back, You gifted her to me
She came two months early, a tiny baby, barely weighing four pounds
I couldn't even hold her in my hand to caress and kiss her face
Wrapped up in tubes and cushioned inside a small incubator
they brought her to show me and wheeled her back in a hurry
to another hospital to give her a better neo-natal care.
The doctor gave me forty eight hours to make sure
she'd pulled it through or not.
She's a girl, a fighter, so don't worry, he comforted me

I was shaken, broken and cracked open
What would I do?
How would I bear to see my little one suffer?
I sought no help, but You, you alone
I bathed Your feet with my tears
Wailed in fear day and night

You, in Your mercy may have looked at me with pity
"O woman of little faith, why are you so fearful?'
you may have said with a smile on Your face.
You, who holds our furture in our hands
Knew it well, then,and now what's out there
for my baby in the future.
You had drawn out her plan in the palm of Your hand
And it would have looked silly to see me cry and panic in vain
Me, who profess to have faith, acting like one who doesn't believe
By my fear, I may have even grieved You a lot
But, You who understands a mother's heart
Kept on giving me comfort and grace through out those years.

Today, when I see my daughter, my heart rejoices with pride
How beautiful and lovely woman, she has grown
And how much love and joy she has brought to me and others.
It's all Your grace my Lord, it's all Your grace.
She's your gift to us, and I pray that we've done a good job with her
By bringing up in the faith and grooming her with love and intergrity.
On this day of her birthday, I pray that You'll bless her with all blessings
So that she'll become a blessing to all around her.
Shield her with Your preotection, guide her in Your path
Teach her Your ways and empower her with Your spirit for Your purpose.