For Right Now

My baby, this is hard for me;   The sense of this is so hard to see.
There wasn’t even time for a brief hello      Before you were called to go…

My baby, so small and still, I cherish you now, and I always will.
I’m grateful to know that you
Are safely wrapped in your Savior’s mercy – perfect, bright, and new…

But for right now, my body’s aching;    But for right now, my heart is breaking.
Oh, I know that we’ll meet again in a more perfect world – how I’ll hold you then…
But how I wish it could be here and now.

My baby, so pure and sweet,   Your tiny hands and your perfect little feet
Will never touch this shadowed sphere
Till all has turned to light and glory – then we’ll be together here…

But for right now, my soul is aching;     But for right now, my heart is breaking.
Oh, I know that we’ll meet again in a more perfect world – how I’ll hold you then…
But how I wish it could be here and now.     (INSTRUMENTAL)

Oh, I know that we’ll meet again in a more perfect world –
How I’ll hold you then…

My baby, precious and pure,       Your face is known, your place is sure.
I entrust you to Heaven’s care,    Until the day we all can meet you there…

So for right now, we’ll keep on going,    Knowing the pain will keep us growing,
Till the day when we’ll meet again, in that more perfect world;
How we’ll hold you then….

Maybe that vision can be enough    To get me through when times are tough
And when these feelings get so raw and rough…
Here and now.