LETS CLIMB OUR TREE

… LET’S CLIMB OUR TREE …

…Don’t want to grow up …. Please Daddy please

Let me still be the child at your knee

Let me still hear your lullabyes, sing

Let me still sail upon your wings…

Daughter dear… but can’t you see

Come with me…we’ll climb our tree

Look out there at mountains high

Look straight up and see the sky

Look at forests… and oceans beyond

And at the soft meadows and lily-filled ponds

You will want to see the world

Watch God’s plan for you unfurled

You’ll learn to dance and sing and think

Be all grown up before we blink

You’ll breathe in all God’s hopes for you

And breathe out love in all you do

You’ll learn, then teach…you’ll save mankind

You’ll bless the earth with ties that bind

I’ve taught you well and you will know

Just what to do and where to go

You’ll love the Lord with all your soul

And bring His lost into His fold

And one day Heaven will reach down

And bring new ones …jewels in your crown

And you will bring all life within

Into their hearts….teach where they’ve been…

And where they’ll go …like you and me

You’ll climb our tree…show them the sea

And round and round our circles go

Oh, daughter mine… you’ll one day know

That searching far and wide will bring

More than any song can sing

You’ll love life…its gifts…its days

And seek always His Name to praise…

....written by Karen Nelson