This song made me cry today. The lyrics is just so touching...

I'm down on my knees again tonight I'm hoping this prayer will turn out right
See there is a boy that needs Your help
I've done all that I can do myself
His mother is tired
I'm sure You can understand
Each night as he sleeps
She goes in to hold his hand
And she tries not to cry
As the tears fill her eyes

Can You hear me?
Am I getting through tonight?
Can You see him?
Can You make him feel all right?
If You can hear me
Let me take his place somehow
See, he's not just anyone
He's my son

Sometimes late at night I watch him sleep
I dream of the boy he'd like to be
I try to be strong and see him through
But God who he needs right now is You
Let him grow old
Live life without this fear
What would I be
Living without him here
He's so tired and he's scared
Let him know that You're there

Can You hear me?
Can You see him?
Please don't leave him
He's my son

yeah... this song kinda punched through my heart, because the first thing i thought of... was God. Put God as the father of the song, and u'll kinda see things from his angle when Jesus had to die on the cross. Jesus is human too; he was scared, afraid, alone because God had to leave him to the burden of sin. This must have hurted God tons, to watch his son had to suffer like that. I guess tha'ts goes the same way when he sees us suffering. He has to be just, but at the same time, he loves us so much that he's heartbroken, wishing that he could take our place. and he did, by sending Christ to pay for our sins so we won't be parted from him. Such a great act yet overlooked by many ppl these days. i mean, it's just mind-blowing just to think about it. God did ALL this for us... all we have to do is give our lives back to God.. coz it belongs to him in the first place.

I admit i struggle w/ my faith a lot too; but i always know that in the end God will always build me up; it's all a learning process. But through my spiritual deserts, i finally understood what's it like to quench with thirst for God's word, that longing for God being there when i needed him although at the time doesn't seem like he was. The whole time i was just blocking him out w/o realizing~~ the past 5 yrs i've been a christian has not been an easy journey; i would say i'ts far from easy, and i know it will get harder and harder as time goes by. But yeah, i also keep in mind.. no matter how bad things would get, i also know God will be with me; not only that, but he'll never give me something that is too much to handle.~