Right By Your Side

Her parents never took the young girl to church
Never spoke of His name
Never read her His word
Two non-believers walking lost in this world
Took their baby with them
What a sad little girl
Her daddy drank all day and mommy did drugs
Never wanted to play
Or give kisses and hugs
She'd watch the TV and sit there on the couch
While her mom fell asleep
And her daddy went out
And the drinking and the fighting
just got worse every night
Behind their couch she'd be hiding
Oh what a sad little life
And like it always does, the bad just got worse
With every slap and every curse
Until her daddy in a drunk rage one night
Used a gun on her mom and then took his life
And some people from the city took the girl far away
To a new mom and a new dad
kisses and hugs everyday
Her first day of Sunday school the teacher walked in
And a small little girl
Stared at a picture of Him
She said I know that man up there on that cross
I don't know His name
But I know He got off
Cause He was there in my old house
and held me close to His side
As I hid there behind our couch
The night that my parents died

"The Little Girl" - John Michael Montgomery

       

   

      For anyone reading this who is struggling with something in life, never forget that there is always hope. Even through the darkest times, when it seems that there is no way out. Our Savior Jesus Christ knows exactly how we feel, and He will stand by us no matter what. He endured through pain and sorrow beyond all capabilities of the imagination, and He did it for us. I know this because He took away my pain. I know the Atonement Of Jesus Christ is real and that through its power we can experience great happiness and return to live with Him again. No matter where we go or what we go through in life, He will be there, right by our side.