BEAUTIFUL MIRACLE
"For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee...And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children."
-Isaiah 54: 6, 7, 13
The Story Behind the Song
Justin and I tried for years with no success to have children. After four years we had given up hope and began looking into adoption. We went to our bishop to begin the application process for LDS Social Services. He told us he felt inspired that we should wait. I wasn't very pleased with this interview and felt that we had waited plenty long already. And yet, I found solace in these beautiful verses from Isaiah 54, which quickly become one of my favorite chapters of scripture. A few weeks after that meeting, I found out I was pregnant. When my first son was born it was truly a miracle. The first time I looked at him I heard this song in my head.
When our second son was born, we considered it no less a miracle. But after his first birthday, he seemed like he caught every illness that came around, and by the time he was 18 months old, he still weighed the same as he had at a year. After many intensive tests, the Dr. discovered a severe heart defect. His heart had swelled in his chest to almost 3 times its normal size, and there was a hole in his heart valve. We were devastated by the diagnosis. Along with our family and friends, we fasted and prayed. My son received a priesthood blessing. When we returned to the pediatric cardiologist for the follow-up visit, there was no visible heart defect, and nothing to indicate that there ever had been one. Within a few days, he began gaining weight, his health was vastly improved, and he has never had problems with his heart since. I know that not all prayers are answered in quite this way, and I'm not sure why my son was healed so miraculously, but that night, I sat down and wrote the words to finally complete this song.
When our third son was born, I would sing this song to him as I rocked him at night. (When my daughter finally arrived, a miracle of miracles, I had to write a new song for her). I think anyone who has ever loved a child knows what a miracle each one of these precious spirits truly is.
LYRICS
Long, endless nights
I prayed for a child of my own
Then my joy became full
When you were born
Now that you’re here I know
That you are the one,
The one I’ve been waiting for.
My miracle,
My life’s greatest joy,
My beautiful baby boy.
My prayers were answered with you.
Holding you close
That first time I looked in your eyes,
I knew you were the one
I’d lived for and with you, my son,
My life has begun
Beautiful miracle,
Angel from heaven,
My life’s greatest joy,
My beautiful baby boy.
I love you with all of my soul,
And I’ll spend my life loving you.
My life’s greatest joy,
My beautiful baby boy
Words cannot say how much I love you.
For all of my life it was you
That I had been waiting for.
Now that you’re here I know
That you are the one,
The one I’ve been waiting for.
My life’s greatest joy,
My beautiful baby boy.