Sweetly Resting
by Jason Tomlinson

It comes as no surprise that every now and then
our two year old is so upset it is a desperate state he’s in
until we pick him up rub his back and kiss him on his head
and set him down resting sweetly in his bed

It is still no surprise that on some days and nights
our eight year old’s imagination is raised to anxious heights
until we pick her up rub her back and kiss her on her head
and set her down sweetly resting in her bed

It is not really a great big surprise
when our eleven year old carries fear behind his eyes
until we pick him up rub his back and kiss him on his head
and set him down sweetly resting in his bed.

For there is no age I can think of
who doesn’t need a little extra love
the point of all this is just to say
that we all need it in more than one way
we are little we are sweet we are precious in His sight
so glad He watches over and protects me through the night