Waverly

Waverly
I saw a little girl on a show
Named Waverly
Her body lacks an enzyme
And it's slowly killing her
And there's nothing they can do
To make her well...

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First the excitement of another little one
On its way
our scheduled ultrasound comes one day
happy to find out that it's a boy
so Jeff can play...
Doctor comes in and says I have bad news today
Though all his body's fine
There seems to be a problem with his brain

and so we go away
to wait a test on another day
trusting that God knows
glad that his condition doesn't seem too grave

2 months later and we do another scan
things are worse now than when they began
too much fluid, brain too small
still don't see corpus callosum at all
expect your child to be delayed
no one can tell how mild or grave

O God please help me love this child
he isn't what we wanted
defective kids -
to other people are appointed

and so I grieved
the loss of dreams
of all those expectations
and tried to trust
the God I love
and His perfect intentions

two days later at the park
down at the outlet mall
"Waverly - it's time to go!"
a child's name was called

and I remembered Waverly
the girl they cannot save
and God whispered, "Remember,
they expect your child to live."

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whoever you are
whoever you will become
I love you now
I bid you welcome

you will be our own
like all the rest
you will be our joy
not just a test
and by God's grace
we'll do our best

O may you come to know Him
to know the love of God
the Jesus who can save you
no matter what you're not
and He will be your helper
to lift you when you fall
to wrap His arms around us
to be our All in all


3-6-2011