When Children Fall

Someone’s child
Has gone away
Forever departed
From this day
What do we tell them
The mother and father
Sisters and brothers
Who loved him so
How can we tell them
The friends he grew up with
That he’s no longer here
Because he had to go
Where is the faith
He carried so gently
Guarded within that
Beautiful soul
Where is the love
He had to offer
Making the brokenness
Once again whole
What is fair now
Where is the justice
When children suffer
Crippling blows
And when our Savior
Is nailed to a cross
For our sinful nature
That constantly grows
But the child could see
Through hurting eyes
That it must be this way
And knelt to weep
No comfort for the families
Nothing brings them peace
For their loved one is gone
Their grief is too deep
One day the child
He opened the book
And read of his Savior
As tears welled in his eyes
And today the family
Of the fallen child knows
When they bury a little one
Their Savior cries