THE LETTER

Words and music by Michael Card and Phil Naish

Copyright 1996 Mole End Music and Devaub Music. Mole End Music dmin. by EM!"CMP. ll rights #or Devaub Music admin.
by $M% songs& !nc. ll rights reserved. 'sed by permission.
My child& ! pray you(ll listen to a thing ! must con#ess& you(ve
been a treasure buried deep )ithin my busyness. *ou )ere not
born into this )orld to live an orphan(s li#e& and by %od(s grace !
long to ma+e it right.
C,-.'/
*our li#e(s a living letter that(s a sacred certainty. poem o#
per#ect praise& that(s )hat ! hope you )ill be. !t(s all you )ere and
all you are and all you(ll ever be. *our li#e(s a letter )ritten there
by me. 0*our li#e(s a letter )ritten there by me.
Day by day ! )rite across the pages o# your li#e some sentences o#
+indness and some paragraph o# light. May they be )ords o# love
and )ords o# hope not )ords o# dar+ despair& #or on your soul the
)orld )ill read them there.