A Life That is Not My Own

A LIFE THAT IS NOT MY OWN

W/M: Bob Bennett

This is my Father's world

I trust these days are in His plan

I am my Father's child

He holds my life in loving hand

I cry out loud -- He shares my tears

I'm so afraid -- He calms my fears

O Lord, I offer up these many years

Of a life that is not my own

This child is a gift to me

Though he must grow away, apart

I never knew that God and I

Could share a tender father's heart

And when the distance is too hard to bear

When it's so painful to love and to care

May I be grateful for the time that I could share

In a life that is not my own

A life that is not my own

We will sleep under the same moon tonight

We will walk under the same sun tomorrow

Someday to gather in our one true home

Where no goodbyes can cause this kind of sorrow

This is my Father's world

With all the questions it can bring

I am my Father's child

Though I am broken, I can sing

Of all the things that He has done

A Father offering up His Son

And a life like mine that has become

A life that is not my own

A life that is not my own