A Family Strength by Barbara Beck-Elam

Our family with which we are blessed,
So chosen by God,
Long before we are planned for,
And from dirt we were formed.
He knows what we'll look like,
And by whom we'll be adored.
To our parents we are given,
By their precious love we are born.
Their arms will be warm and loving,
These arms to protect us from harm.
In their presence we to quickly grow,
Taking a loved one, a family of our own.
Then from love, children,
or a child we are blessed.
Our family so grows now in numbers,
With god's precious strength, comes the rest.
We all end up in places, chosen by our dreams,
To far away, but love stays within.
So we come back together, wishing to feel,
To the arms of our family, where we know
love is real.