Grandmothers

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THIS IS THE STORY OF A GRANDMOTHER
AND THE WISH SHE HAD FOR HER LOVED ONES
THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE
WOULD COME TO KNOW OUR SAVIOR AND GOD'S SON
THEY HAD ALL WANDERED AWAY FROM GOD
AND FELL DEEP INTO THE GULF OF SIN
THE HOPE SHE HAD BEFORE SHE LEFT THIS WORLD
WAS WHEN HEAVEN'S GATE OPENED THEY COULD COME IN
SO DAY BY DAY AND NIGHT AFTER NIGHT
SHE WOULD FALL DOWN UPON HER KNEES
THAT THEY WOULD LET THEM INTO THEIR HEARTS
AND FROM THEIR CHAINS THEY COULD BE SET FREE
SHE TRIED TO PLANT THE SEED TO LET THEM KNOW
THEY ALL HAD A CHANCE FOR PEACE IN LIFE
HER WISH WAS THAT THE LORD'S SPIRIT WOULD CONVICT THEIR HEARTS
AND FREE THEM FROM TURMOIL AND STRIFE
SHE KNEW HOW BAD IT WAS FOR HER SO LONG AGO
BEFORE SHE GAVE HER LIFE TO THE SWEET LORD
NOW SHE KNOWS HOW THEY ARE SEARCHING
& THEY HAVEN'T FOUND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR
JUST WHEN SHE HAD ALMOST GIVEN UP HOPE
OF THEM EVER COMING TO KNOW WHAT SHE KNEW
ONE DAY ONE OF HER CHILDREN ASKED IF THEY
COULD COME AND GO TO CHURCH WITH HER TOO
HER HEART WAS SO FILLED WITH SURPRISE
AND IT FILLED HER SOUL WITH SUCH JOY
FOR THIS ONE THAT ASKED HER THIS QUESTION
WAS HER YOUNGEST DARLING BOY
WITH NO HESITATION IN HER VOICE AT ALL
AND AS SHE WIPED AWAY MANY TEARS
SHE TOOK HIM IN HER ARMS AND SAID YES OF COURSE
FOR SHE HAD WAITED MANY YEARS
AS THEY WERE DRIVING TO THE CHURCH IN THE CAR
MANY THOUGHTS WERE RACING THROUGH HER MIND
WOULD THIS FINALLY BE THE DAY TO COME
THAT JESUS WOULD FINALLY WIN HER SON'S SOUL
AS THEY GOT TO THE CHURCH & WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR
HER SON WAS GREETED BY SMILES AND LOVE
WOULD HE TURN HIS HEART AND VERY SOUL
TO THE LOVING FATHER IN HEAVEN ABOVE
AS THEY TOOK THEIR SEATS IN THEIR PEW
THE CHOIR STARTS TO SING HEAVEN'S SONGS
THEN THE PASTOR WILL START HIS MESSAGE
TO BRING THE LOST TO WHERE THEY BELONG
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE MIDDLE OF THE SERVICE
HER SON FELT A LITTLE TUG AT HIS HEART
SAYING PLEASE COME AND SERVE ME NOW
LET ME GIVE YOU A NEW START
A TEAR STARTED TO TRICKLE DOWN HIS FACE
AND HE ROSE TO HIS FEET & WALKED DOWN THE AISLE
AS HE KNELT DOWN AT THE CHURCH ALTAR
ON HIS SAVIOR'S FACE I KNEW THERE WAS A SMILE
HE INVITED JESUS TO COME INTO HIS SOUL
YOU SHOULD'VE HAVE SEEN THE JOY ON HER FACE
INSTEAD OF THE AWFUL DESTINATION NOW
SHE KNEW HER SON WOULD GO TO A BETTER PLACE
THE FOLLOWING DAY HER SON CALLED ALL THE OTHERS
TOLD THEM ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM LAST NIGHT
ABOUT HE WAS DOWN DEEP IN THE DARKNESS
BUT NOW HE HAD COME INTO THE LIGHT
NOW ALL THE FAMILY KNOWS ABOUT JESUS
AND HER SON HAS NOW PLANTED THE SEED
SO THEY WOULD ALL KNOW ABOUT THE FATHER
AND THAT HE CAN SUPPLY THEIR EVERY NEED
HER FONDEST WISH WAS NOW COMING TO BE
FOR ONE BY ONE THEY ALL CAME TO JESUS' SIDE
AND ONE DAY THEY'LL ALL BE TOGETHER THERE
IN HEAVEN THEY WILL FOREVERMORE ABIDE
NOW SHE CAN GO TO HER FINAL RESTING PLACE
WITH THE PEACE OF KNOWING HER WISH CAME TRUE
A GRANDMOTHER'S WISH WAS REALLY GRANTED
FOR SHE HAD DONE WHAT JESUS ASKED HER TOO


WRITTEN BY ROY HALL
DECEMBER 31, 1995