Thank You For Praying

I brushed some pine needles

Off of memories today

My fingers traced a stone

Etched with a date and a name

Of a simple country lady

So gentle yet so strong

Her memory floods my heart as I recall

She didn't have a lot

But there was something that she knew

And it meant the world when she would say

"Son, I'll pray for you"

And whenever she would kneel

Beside her little rocking chair

She'd turn her simple home

Into a holy house of prayer

And though she's gone away

There's something that I really want to say

Thank you for praying

Praying for me

I never could repay the time

You spent down on your knees

I'm where I am today

Because you chose to pray and intercede

Thank you for praying

Praying for me

Everyone has someone

In your life you can recall

A constant source of strength for you

Whenever you would fall

And when you felt so lonely

In times of desperate need

You knew that you could count on them

To be down on their knees

To our heroes of the faith

There's something that we all would love to say

Thank you for praying

Praying for me

I never could repay the time

You spent down on your knees

I'm where I am today

Because you chose to pray and intercede

Thank you for praying

And when that day comes

And all things will be revealed

And our Father lets us see with open eyes

He will understand

That we were carried on the wings

Of the prayers of faithful people in our lives

Thank you for praying

Praying for me

I never could repay the time

You spent down on your knees

I'm where I am today

Because you chose to pray and intercede

Thank you for praying

Praying for me

For me, for me