Nichole Nordeman - Miles lyrics

There's a mother on her knees Somewhere in San Francisco Looking up and begging Please God, do not forget me now Her baby's on machines 'Cause his heart can not keep beating And she knows what desperate means 'Cause the clock is ticking down, down And hope rushed in like waves That someone might just save the day And if heaven's just a prayer away Then why she cries, would God not change things? It may be miles and miles before the journey's clear There may be rivers, may be oceans of tears But the very hand that shields your eyes from understanding Is the hand that will be holding you for miles There's another mother on her knees Somewhere in San Francisco Looking up and begging Please God, do not forget me now It happened like a dream He was laughing, he was running Then she heard the sirens scream When her little boy fell down, down She had never known The agony of letting go But a few miles down the road His heart would find a baby boy just in time One moment someone whispers thank you Just then another heart cries, 'How could you?' When Jesus, who sees us, He says 'I hear you, I'm near you' It may be miles and miles before the journey's clear There may be rivers, may be oceans of tears But the very hand that shields your eyes from understanding Is the hand that will be holding you for miles