Shade for the Children

Shade for the Children - The Faith Crew

You came into our home one spring

A helpless bundle of joy

Oh the innocence a young one brings

Love employs

There's a tenderness in your heart

Your mother's sweetness in your soul

And a fire from your father

To burn against the cold

Ah the first time you called me daddy

My heart leaped through the sky

Then I was struck by the reality

Of what lay before my eyes

Oh Lord I cried I wanna be

Shade for the children

A shelter from the storm

To be a place where they can grow

In the ways of the Lord

To train up my child

To live a pure and godly life

Through the struggles and fears

Dreams and tears of every day

To be shade for the children

Unless the Lord builds the house

Oh we'll labor in vain

Oh it's good to be under construction

Under His name

Like mighty warriors

A quiver is full of them

Like an arrow they will go

Where we have never been

As for me and my house

We'll serve the Lord each day

We'll draw our strength from Him

As we make our way

Oh Lord we pray let us be

Shade for the children

A shelter from the storm

To be a place where they can grow

In the ways of the Lord

To train up my child

To live a pure and godly life

Through the struggles and fears

Dreams and tears of every day

To be shade for the children

And if you ever stray

Know that we have prayed

The Lord would bring you home

And with every step you take

You'll someday discover

You were never alone

And when you have grown

I pray you'll be

Shade for the children

A shelter from the storm

To be a place where they can grow

In the ways of the Lord

To train up my child

To live a pure and godly life

Through the struggles and fears

Dreams and tears of every day

To be shade for the children

Pray you'll be a shade

For the children for the children

Lord let us be shade for the children

I wanna be

Lord let us be shade for the children

This is our prayer

Lord let us be shade for the children

Every day every day

Shade for the children