A LIFE THAT IS NOT MY OWN Bob Bennett © 2001 Bright Avenue Songs (ASCAP) This is my Father's world I trust these days are in His plan I am my Father's child He holds my life in loving hand I cry out loud, He shares my tears I'm so afraid, He calms my fears O Lord, I offer up these many years Of a life that is not my own This child is a gift to me Though he must grow away, apart I never knew that God and I Could share a tender father's heart And when the distance is too hard to bear When it's so painful to love and to care May I be grateful for the time that I could share In a life that is not my own A life that is not my own    We will sleep under the same moon tonight    We will walk under the same sun tomorrow    Someday to gather in our one true home    Where no goodbyes can cause this kind of sorrow This is my Father's world With all the questions it can bring I am my Father's child Though I am broken, I can sing Of all the things that He has done A Father offering up His Son And a life like mine that has become A life that is not my own