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Behold Your Little Ones

I wrote this song while I was working on my Primary project that involved words written by our ward Primary kids.  The experience of the Nephites and their little ones when the Savior made His appearance has always touched me (as it has many others).  I tried to write this from the perspective of someone reading the experience from 3 Nephi 17, and reflecting on the feelings of these children who were having a singular experience that helped to produce complete generations of righteousness.  I often wonder how that experience would have affected my generation, or the generation that includes my children.  The song is still new and likely needs some revisions, but I was still pleased with the result.

 

By Michael D. Squires

 

 

It came to pass, their little ones, were brought forth

And gathered ‘round Him,

And He knelt, as He began to pray.

 

No man can write, no heart conceives, no tongue can speak

The marv’lous things He spoke

As He prayed for them that that day.

 

How great must have been the joy, in every girl and every boy,

As He blessed the children one by one, each and every daughter and every son.

Behold your little ones

 

The Savior wept, His joy was full, they cast their eyes

Toward the heavens,

They saw angels, armed with fire from above.

 

This heav’nly host descended, and ministered to

Their little ones

Encircled with fire and with His love.

 

How great must have been the joy, in every girl and every boy,

As He blessed the children one by one, each and every daughter and every son.

Behold your little ones

 

How would it be to be a child, at the Savior’s feet

And hear His voice name my name

In a blessing from above?

 

Would not my heart, in that moment, want to sing

My praise for my Redeemer

And rejoice in His love?

 

And He knows us one by one, every daughter and every son,

And our hearts fill with His love, with the fire from above.

 

How great must have been the joy, in every girl and every boy,

As He blessed the children one by one, each and every daughter and every son.

Behold your little ones

Behold Your Little Ones

To contact me:

E-mail: mike@songsbymike.com

Words and Music by Michael D. Squires (Based on 3 Nephi 17)

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(My niece, Athena with some “little ones” in Bolivia)