Letting Go

O Christ, let me back off, You do Your part,
I really do sometimes come on too strong,
for only You can see inside the heart,
You know for sure for them what’s right or wrong.

Our kids are our responsibility,
they’re supposed to do what we say and obey,
we teach them--be good, face reality,
but all the time, they grow and go away.

So we must learn--”Let go, let God” I know,
into a world so much of what I fear,
into Your hands we have to let them go,
we love them, but we cannot keep them near.

I trust when my time comes when I go too,
I’ve let them go so they can come to You.

by Pete Voelz      1/12/14