CONTEMPLATION OF FRANCISCO AND ANGELICA

To Francisco and Angelica Navarro

Lord you know the desires of my heart
My wife and daughter Lord, we are apart
Grant me this request Lord I pray
Return me to them Lord, without delay

You have blessed me with a beautiful wife
She has become Lord, so important in my life
Help me Lord, to make things right
Thus I will be with her, every day and night

You have blessed us both, with a daughter too
We will raise her Lord, just for you
I am here Lord all alone
Take me to my daughter's home

Help me prosper Lord, in all my ways
So Jessica and Angelica, may be happy every day
Give us strength Lord, to live for thee
This Lord, is my prayer, hope and plea...

by sheriffgali 

Author's Comments:
"There are many times in our lives God places us in situations to help others in their time of need. I met Francisco under what can best be described as one of the most precarious of predicaments. He was hurting more than he could stand the pain. We spoke about God and I prayed for him and his situation. God's grace is the mother and nurse of all caring. So, for me contemplation is God allowing you to feel the pain of others which allows you from the very depth of your heart, to pray or write words, that the person in pain, cannot otherwise do. This contemplation, was so derived. I wrote this in 1999 and when I gave it to Francisco, he broke down in tears. He told me it was every thing he felt but he just did not know how to express it. For me, God gets the glory for this. For only when we seek to see through God's eyes, hear with God's ear and feel with God's heart, are we able to live out Jesus' words; 'There is no greater love, than to lay down one's life for another’."