little white crosses

The little white crosses are out again
Remembering the unborn babies
Whose lives came to an end
By what seems like the unforgivable sin

What’s deeply hidden and kept secret
Is now publicly displayed
And many hearts are overwhelmed
With fear, guilt and shame

These little lives deserve this honor
We would never take that away
Yet we also realize what we deserve
Silently dying in our buried pain

Because it was our choice
Those were our babies
Those are our little crosses
Representing our losses
It is our guilt and shame
It is our ongoing prison of blame

If only those little white crosses
Could point us to a safe place
Where we could find love, mercy and grace
A place of acceptance, peace and hope
A place of freedom for our heavy souls

For there is a greater cross
Where God’s Son paid the final cost
To set us free from the penalty of all sin
At the foot of this cross complete healing can begin
Mercy, grace and forgiveness flows
The guilt of the past will come to a close

The little white crosses are out again
We’re reminded of our babies, our past, and our sin

Yet we look to the Cross of Calvary this time
We look to our loving Savior who gave up His life
In Him we find the acceptance, peace and hope
In Him we find the freedom for our heavy souls