Here are some beautiful words to a Carolyn Arends song that was played here for Sanctity of Human Life week.
Only Time Will Tell
They took his picture in his mama's womb
He really put on a show
Dancing and diving for the ultrasound
Fearfully made, and wonderful
But the doctors said we're sorry, there's a problem
We'll do our best to make him well
But we're not sure if we can fix him
Oly time will tell, only time will tell
He had ten perfect toes and fingers
His daddy's eyes, his mama's spark
You'd never know just looking at him
There was a hole inside his heart
But the doctors, they were planning operations
They siad it isn't going well
There's still a chance that we can save him
Only time will tell, only time will tell
There was a power in that fragile little boy
He stole our hearts and broke them
and he filled them up with joy
He lived 130 days on love and force of will
But a heart can only take so much
and one day his stood still
Some say God needed one more angel
But I am certain they are wrong
I think he is as we remember
But now his heart is beating strong
I think his first steps are with Jesus
I think he's glowing pink with health
I cannot prove that I'm not dreaming
Only time will tell, only time will tell
Some say it's cruel for God to make a life and take it
And I suppose that would be true
If this were the world that we were made for
If we weren't only passing through
The truth is we've all got a hole inside us
It's been that way since Adam fell
But there's a rumor of a healing
And of all thing all being well
Only time will tell
Only time will tell
Only time will tell
**** Story behind the song: Carolyn's friends, Chris and Sally, had twins after a long battle with infertility. Joanna lived, but Sean died at four months from a heart condition. A few months after Sean's death I read Things Unseen (the Mark Buchanan book that helped inspire "Great Cloud of Witnesses"). Somewhere in the book Buchanan acknowledges a natural, instinctual reaction to the loss of a child: "Why would God create a life if it's just going to be taken?" He responds with a gentle reminder that this is not the only life for which we were created. Over a period of a few days "Only Time Will Tell" came out in bits and snatches. When it was done I wasn't sure what to do with it ' I didn't know if it would feel insensitive or exploitative to my friends. I sent them the lyric and they blessed it and said they were for anything that helped keep Sean's memory alive. What "Only Time Will Tell" affirms for me in its own addly triumphant way is that while we mourn, we do not mourn as those who have no hope. We mourn as a people who understand that there is both a Now and a Not Yet. **** This was taken from Carolyn Arend's website.