Lyrics Father - Craig Smith
Craig
Smith
Psalm
68:
5
Chorus
Father,
father
me,
take
my
life
And
father
me
I
am
a
child
without
a
father's
hand
to
hold
To
lead
and
comfort
me
A
helpless
offspring
without
a
loving
home
Outside
on
my
own
Come
and
father
me
Chorus
Let
me
abide
within
the
shadow
Of
Your
wings
Protected
by
the
wisdom
of
Your
love
Knowing
the
assurance
a
father's
love
will
bring
Come
and
father
me
Chorus
I
can't
remember
when
I
first
realized
I
had
a
father.
It
just
seems
as
if
Dad
were
always
there--loving
me,
having
answers
to
all
my
questions,
Protecting
me,
disciplining
me,
comforting
me
when
I
was
hurt.
So
often,
we
Take
for
granted
the
presence
of
an
important
"someone"
in
our
lives,
not
Realizing
how
dependent
we
are
upon
that
person.
The
first
time
I
Understood
the
significance
of
this
was
when
I
was
about
seven
years
old.
My
father
took
my
older
brother
and
me
to
a
Cardinal
baseball
game
in
St.
Louis.
After
the
game,
Dad
stopped
along
the
street
outside
the
stadium
to
Buy
a
souvenir
for
my
younger
brother
who
was
not
with
us.
Since
in
my
Seven-year-old
wisdom
I
thought
I
know
just
exactly
where
we
had
parked.
I
Did
not
wait
on
Dad
and
my
brother,
but
took
off
through
the
crowd
for
the
Car.
What
I
did
not
know
was
that
we
had
come
out
another
exit
on
a
Different
side
of
the
stadium
and
there
were
parking
lots
on
all
four
sides
Of
the
stadium.
When
I
arrived
at
the
exact
spot
I
remembered
the
car
being
Parked,
it
was
nowhere
to
be
seen.
A
chill
ran
through
me--then
panic!
I
Ran
back
to
where
Dad
had
stopped--he
was
gone.
For
the
first
time
in
my
Life,
I
was
lost.
There
I
was
in
a
big,
strange
city
with
thousands
of
people
Going
in
every
direction,
but
I
was
the
loneliest
person
in
the
world.
I
Wanted
and
needed
my
father.
I
turned
around
and
headed
back
to
the
Parking
lot
again
to
make
sure
the
car
wasn't
there,
and
I
came
upon
a
Policeman
directing
traffic.
After
listening
to
my
problem,
he
made
me
stay
With
him,
because
he
know
my
father
would
come
back
looking
for
me.
Sure
Enough,
in
a
few
minutes
my
Dad
came
running
toward
me,
picked
me
up
in
his
Arms,
and
gave
me
a
big
hug.
I
had
been
lost--but
he
found
me.
Just
as
my
father
has
been
with
me
since
long
before
my
conscious
memory,
Our
Heavenly
Father
has
been
ever
present
with
us
since
before
the
Beginning
of
time.
He
promises
in
2 Corinthians
6:
18,
"I
will
be
a
father
to
You,
and
you
will
be
my
sons
and
daughters."
He
is
there
when
we
are
lost
in
The
crowd
and
lonely,
ever
waiting
for
us
to
be
still
and
seek
Him.
He
is
There
waiting
to
pick
us
up
in
His
arms
and
give
us
a
big
hug.
He
will
cover
Us
and
give
us
refuge
under
His
wings
(Psalms
91:
4),
much
like
a
mother
hen
Gathers
her
little
chicks
under
her
wings
to
protect
them
from
danger.
He
Is
there
and
concerned
about
even
one
lost
little
boy
in
the
crowd,
for
Jesus
taught
that
the
Shepherd
will
go
look
for
one
lost
sheep
even
while
The
other
ninety-nine
are
safe,
and
that
our
"Father
is
not
willing
that
any
Of
these
little
ones
should
be
lost."
(Matthew
18:
12--14)
Yes,
our
Heavenly
Father
desires
for
us
to
come
to
Him
as
a
little
child
(Matthew
18:
4,
Mark
10:
15)
and
allow
Him
to
"father
us."
What
loving,
comforting
arms
He
has!--
David
Stubblefield
1 Prayer
2 Father
3 We Sing
4 Spontaneous Worship
5 Draw Me Closer
6 Adonai
7 Let Your Kingdom Come
8 Fill the Earth
9 O God
10 Father of Life
11 Only You
12 Lead Me
13 Deliver Us
14 Hallelujah
15 Behold the Lamb
16 Holy Is the Lord
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