All of our babies are presents from God
Presents that are merely on loan.
To us He's entrusted these most precious gifts
As if they were truly our own.





Some leases we hold on these bundles of love
Are for short term, but others for long.
But never at any time should we forget
To whom they all really belong.





God has in our care then allowed them to be
To nurture, to love, and to train.
To teach them of God's plan for living
Setting values for them to attain.





Life's great hourglass for us mortals can't pause
The sand never stops flowing through.
When the babies grow on and depart from the nest
We have done for them all we can do.





The time they are babies lasts only so long
They appear and then soon they are gone
They, too, will get presents of God's very own
The continuous cycle moves on.





In time all these 'presents' to God will return
Be their span of live short or extended
For their ultimate destiny lies solely with Him
It is all just as God has intended