Prayer of the Children

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Prayer of the Children - by Kurt Bestor

Kurt Bestor was a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the 1970s in Serbia. Later, war broke out in Yugoslavia, and Bestor, who loved the Serbs, Croatians, and Bosnians alike, was deeply troubled by the turmoil.

What came to him--haunted him--were the faces of the children he had known. "Those children didn't hate anybody," he said. "They didn't care about who owned the land, or who had the power or the money. These are adult neuroses. They just wanted to have a mom and dad and a place to play."



Can you hear the prayer of the children on bended knee,
in the shadow of an unknown room?
Empty eyes with no more tears to cry, turning heavenward toward the light.
Cryin' Jesus help meto see the mornin' light of one more day,
but if I should die before I wake,I pray my soul to take.
Can you feel the hearts of the children aching for home,
for something of their very own.
Reaching hands with nothing to hold onto but hope for a better day, a better day.
Cryin' Jesus help meto feel the love again in my own land,
but if unknown roads lead away from home, give me loving arms, 'way from harm.
Can you hear the voice of the children softly pleading for silence in their shattered world?
Angry guns preach a gospel full of hate, blood of the innocent on their hands.
Cryin' Jesus help me to feel the sun again upon my face?
For when darkness clears, I know you're near, bringing peace again.
Dali čǔje te sve dječje molitve?
Can you hear the prayer of the children?