Blessed Days

I praise God for my childhood Praise God for climbing trees Thank you, Lord, for no TV God have mercy on these people today Kids with their faces in video games Parents rushing to buy the latest ungodly toy Kids delighting in demonic board games Not to mention the dark side of the web Thank you, Jesus, for parents Who knew better and tried to stay clean Bless the parents who care to watch To keep the wrong CDs from their kids Who are careful not to allow Their kids to get addicted to video games Or all other manner of things Lord, return us to what is holy Back to the garden Adam again, again now with you Show us again how to walk in your ways Clean our slate, help us start anew To return to you, to purity To appreciate creation To be enthralled with Life To curse death for what it is Lord, may Frodo and Gandalf be loved Let Harry Potter be exposed And shunned for the fraud that he is And most of all May your word be loved and honored Save our kids, Lord Raise up parents who care enough Parents who are watchmen Parents who are willing to be separate Willing to lose a job if need be Or go to prison In order to maintain integrity Parents who won't allow their kids To be defiled by our enemy Because they just want to be entertained My parents tried to get it right Maybe they could have done better But they tried and did better than most And I am grateful for it I praise God for godly parents For the blessed days of my childhood In a land where the parents are now lost -Stephen Pursell, 3/29/03