Steve Camp - Shade For The Children lyrics

You came into our home one spring A helpless bundle of joy Oh, the innocence a young one brings Love employs There's a tenderness in your heart Your mother's sweetness in your soul And a fire from your father To burn against the cold Ah, the first time you called me daddy My heart leaped through the sky Then I was struck by the reality Of what lay before my eyes Oh, Lord, I cried, I wanna be... Shade for the children A shelter from the storm To be a place where they can grow In the ways of the Lord To train up my child To live a pure and godly life Through the struggles and fears Dreams and tears of every day To be shade for the children Unless the Lord builds the house Oh, we'll labor in vain Oh, it's good to be under construction Under His name Like mighty warriors A quiver is full of them Like an arrow they will go Where we have never been As for me and my house We'll serve the Lord each day We'll draw our strength from Him As we make our way Oh, Lord, we pray, let us be... Shade for the children A shelter from the storm To be a place where they can grow In the ways of the Lord To train up my child To live a pure and godly life Through the struggles and fears Dreams and tears of every day To be shade for the children And if you ever stray Know that we have prayed The Lord would bring you home And with every step you take You'll someday discover You were never alone And when you have grown I pray you'll be... Shade for the children A shelter from the storm To be a place where they can grow In the ways of the Lord To train up my child To live a pure and godly life Through the struggles and fears Dreams and tears of every day To be shade for the children Pray you'll be a shade For the children, for the children (Lord, let us be shade for the children) I wanna be (Lord, let us be shade for the children) This is our prayer (Lord, let us be shade for the children) Every day, every day (Shade for the children) (Lord, let us be shade for the children) I wanna be, need to be (Lord, let us be shade for the children) Help me to be