Small Before the One

**Title: “Child in the Kingdom”**

**Verse 1**

I spent years trying hard to stand up tall

Trying to look strong, never slip or fall

Building up a mask I thought I had to wear

Till I saw the truth waiting quietly there

I’m just dust beneath a greater sky

Just a wandering soul learning how to try

And the strange relief that filled my heart

Was knowing I was small from the very start

**Pre-Chorus**

All the pride that tries to make us strong

Fades away when grace has come along

**Chorus**

I’m a child in the Kingdom, that’s enough for me

Loved by the Father though I cannot see

I don’t need a crown or a holy disguise

Just a simple heart and open eyes

I’m a child in the Kingdom, free to live and stand

Held by mercy in a gentle hand

Not by rules alone but by love above

For the heart of heaven is the heart of love

**Verse 2**

Many voices speak of secret light

Claiming they have climbed the sacred height

But the humble soul who walks with grace

Knows the mystery fills every place

For the Spirit moves where hearts are true

Not by boasting what we say or do

Every path of faith may look its own

Yet the seed of love is what is sown

**Pre-Chorus**

Some will honor one day set apart

Others give each day a faithful heart

**Chorus**

I’m a child in the Kingdom, that’s enough for me

Loved by the Father though I cannot see

I don’t need a crown or a holy disguise

Just a simple heart and open eyes

I’m a child in the Kingdom, free to live and stand

Held by mercy in a gentle hand

Not by rules alone but by love above

For the heart of heaven is the heart of love

**Bridge**

God is not a machine of stone and law

He is living love that fills us all

Every prayer that rises from the soul

Finds its way to Him who makes us whole

So the quiet faith of a simple heart

May be closer than the proudest art

For the King of heaven longs to see

Children walking in humility

**Final Chorus**

I’m a child in the Kingdom, unashamed to be

Small before the One who rescued me

And the grace that lifts the weak above

Is the gentle laughter

Of a Father watching

His children learning how to love.