Ten Seconds With God

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Ten seconds is a very long time

When that’s all you have to live

Time enough to make your peace

But not enough to give…

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To give your honey one more kiss

To squeeze her oh so tight

To give your kids assurance that

Everything will be all right

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From the moment I began this job

I’ve prepared for this day

So now, as He calls me home

It seems I know the way

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Kaboom, kaboom, kaboom, kaboom

Like a freight train bearing down

I instantly knew how this would end

And I felt His peace surround…

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Surround my body, and my soul

Surround my brothers in arms

I felt His love, like a giant cloak

Sheltering us from harm

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While answering the call that day

I saw the second plane

It glided through the cloudless sky

Then burst into fiery rain

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It rained down fire, rained down dust

It rained down bodies, too

It seemed no matter how we tried

There was nothing we could do

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We knew that people trapped above

The hole that ripped the tower

Could never escape, with their lives

Without His awesome power

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I prayed that day, a silent prayer

As I stepped inside the lobby

I knew that without His help

We’d only recover bodies

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We started up the narrow stairs

While others were heading out

As we passed the scared civilians

Some began to shout…

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“God bless you, our brave firemen.

You’re heroes to us all.”

But we were merely doing our jobs

Answering the call

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We knew when we began the fight

We all would not survive

But by risking our lives for others

We keep the dream alive…

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The dream that good will conquer all

And God will help us through

Reward us with eternal life

As we begin anew

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I saw the face of God that day

As He led me to this place

His will, not ours, will be done

Accept this fact with grace

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I understood, at once, that day

What we were sent here for

Watch over each other as best we can

For who could ask for more

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Ten seconds is a very long time…

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Copyright 2004 by Tom Kenney