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Hymn for Mothers Day

Last updated on: May 11, 2014 at 7:10 pm by Samuel James

Hymn for Mothers Day 2014-05-11T19:10:26-04:00 Samuel James

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“Mama Prays,” by Chris Rice.

My memories of my brothers and me

Make me marvel at the way the years went by

Here we are, how’d we ever get this far?

I wonder how, and I wonder why

Then I recall what these boys often saw

When we would stop to look at mom and daddy’s door

They’d bow their heads while they knelt beside their bed

And we could hear them lift our names before the Lord

Mama prayed and Jesus stood beside us

Daddy prayed and the devil had to run

God looked down, and his angels guarded through the harder days

‘Cause mama prayed and daddy prayed

Prayers went on but it never came down

Now the boys are grown, raising boys of their own

In a world a little darker than before

But the prayers go on every night and every dawn

‘Cause they still bow and lift our names before the lord

Mama prays and Jesus stands beside us

Daddy prays and the devil has to run

God looks down and his angels guard us through the harder days

‘Cause mama prays and daddy prays

Prayers went on but it never came down

Mama prays and Jesus stands beside me

Daddy prays and the devil has to run

As God looks down and his angels guard me through the harder days

‘Cause mama prays and daddy prays

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