Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Sweet Sixteen never, I will be 15 forever

2:36 am, June 12, 1997, 
Callahan Mae Derstine was born.....
a precious gift of life, 
to two sinners, undeserving 
young and naive...
Yet God gave them an
Incomparable gift....
such beauty in this little girl
such love
such strength
such grace and wisdom
All traits of Her Father, God...
He was hers all along after all.....
..a child born to us
full of favor and grace and love
He gives and He takes away.
Still I will choose to say,
in this bitterness,
in this terrible emptiness
in this mourning as deep as the ocean depths
in this longing and yearning as high as the heavens
Still I will choose to say....
Blessed Be the name of the Lord
July 4, 1997-
little did we know that in 15 short years
she would be given back to God :(

For a long time, 
this has been one of 
Calli's and my favorite 
songs by Jason Upton.  
She listened to this cd 
by him every single night 
 its called Trusting the Angels.
This song is called Hannah
Please take some time, 
close your eyes 
 and listen.....

For a child is born to us
Light of God upon her face
Filled with favor and with love
She' s a miracle of grace
She's s a miracle of grace
I see a mother with her child
I see her daddy standing tall
I see the joy that you have brought to us all
I know gramps will teach you Bible
We'll all teach you ice cream
You'll be teaching us all that we've lost.
For a child is born to us
Light of God upon her face
Filled with favor and with love
She' s a miracle of grace
She's s a miracle of grace
I know there's a reason there's rhyme
For every season there's a sign
I know there's a message God has just for us
Cause somehow as we grow
We lose what we were told
Simple seems the cost for getting old
For a child is born to us
Light of God upon her face
Filled with favor and with love
She' s a miracle of grace
She's s a miracle of grace