Little Lamb, Who Made Thee?

One of my favorite memories is hearing my husband sing this tender song:

  Little Lamb, Who Made Thee?

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Little lamb, who made thee?

Dost thou know who made thee,
Gave thee life, and bid thee feed
By the stream and o’er the mead;
Gave thee clothing of delight,
Softest clothing, wooly, bright;
Gave thee such a tender voice,
Making all the vales rejoice?
Little lamb, who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?

Little lamb, I’ll tell thee;
Little lamb, I’ll tell thee:
He is called by thy name,
For He calls Himself a lamb,
He is meek, and He is mild,
He became a little child;
I a child, and thee a Lamb,
We are called by His Name.
Little lamb, God bless thee!
Little lamb, God bless thee!

- by William Blake

The words take me back to those tender bedtime hours when he would hold a baby or a toddler in the big rocking chair and sing about Jesus to calm and reassure our children for the night.  The feeling that all was well flowed through each one of us. 

Now near 20 years have passed and I'm realizing the truths taught in the song have more meaning than ever. Now, more than ever, I feel like a needy lamb and I need to trust Jesus to be my shepherd, watch over our children, calm my anxious heart and fill my soul with desire to do His will.  I'm learning that my way is too often in His way.  That Christ alone knows the way through, up and forward for each of his children.

Too often I have trusted my knowledge, my experience, my habits to lead the way to success.  Oh little lamb, "Who made thee?"  Divine insight and knowledge trumps the ways of the world every time, every day, in every way.  

The heartfelt message I would give my children today is the same as my husband's voice in that song long ago:  

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Little Lamb who made thee?

Dost thou know who made thee?

...Little lamb, I'll tell thee:

... Little lamb, God bless thee!