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Reflective Essay

The song "Warrior is a Child" takes the author back to their childhood. When their parents left to work abroad to provide for the family, the author felt like a broken child longing for parental love. Though they tried to appear strong for their sisters, inside they missed their parents. The song's message of God accepting people's weaknesses and replacing them with strength comforted the author. Later, when their father returned after 8 years but then unexpectedly passed away, the song again gave them hope that even in suffering, God lifts people up. The song captures how underneath strength, everyone experiences hurt like a vulnerable child.

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Reflective Essay

The song "Warrior is a Child" takes the author back to their childhood. When their parents left to work abroad to provide for the family, the author felt like a broken child longing for parental love. Though they tried to appear strong for their sisters, inside they missed their parents. The song's message of God accepting people's weaknesses and replacing them with strength comforted the author. Later, when their father returned after 8 years but then unexpectedly passed away, the song again gave them hope that even in suffering, God lifts people up. The song captures how underneath strength, everyone experiences hurt like a vulnerable child.

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Lovely Grace Alata

12- Generosity Reflective Essay

“Warrior is a Child”

Whenever I hear the song entitled “Warrior is a Child”, it’s as if I was always taken back

to my childhood. This piece is a Christian Song that was often played in my school when I was

in elementary. It has always made a sentimental impact in my life because of how it represented

the weak and vulnerable person that I was before. I can still vividly remember how upset I was

when my mama went abroad and my papa have started working in distant places in order to

provide for our needs. It was for the betterment of our family so I have no choice but to accept

this heartrending departure. I looked happy and carefree in front of everybody but deep inside,

I’m a broken child who longs for the love of her parents. At the time, I was struggling to stand

still and be strong like my sisters but every time there is a family day in our school, I can’t help

but pity ourselves because we don’t have a mom or a dad to show off. When we had this worship

camp in school, that was when I first heard this song.

I realized that I wasn’t really alone in this world. I have always been surrounded with

love from the people around me but I was too blinded by my fears and doubts. The song written

by Twila Paris has always been so relatable for me because it mirrors the other side of life which

is filled with so many problems and temptations. It basically revolves around the idea of faith

that no matter how hard and often we stumble and fall, there’s always someone from above

who’s ready to accept our weaknesses and replace them with strength. When my papa went

home for the first time after 8 years, my longing was immediately replaced with so much love
and joy. I cherished and loved every moment that he's here and I am always excited to go home

after a very long day at school because of the idea that I now have a papa to come home to. But I

was again wounded because, at that short span of time that we were together, his life was

unexpectedly taken away from us. It made a really big scar in my heart and I had all these

thoughts and fears inside my head that we would be alone again. All we have is our mom and

yet, she’s not with us. But after a few months of coping, I was okay. I was hurt but I am now fine

because even after everything that has happened, I still kept my strong faith in the Lord.

Life is indeed filled with long and constant battles and like what was written in the song,

“even winners can get wounded in the fight”. People act strong and independent in front of

everyone but deep inside that strong armor they’re wearing is a warrior child who’s hurting and

crying. But that’s how life works, we may win battles left and right but we can’t deny the fact

that we could occasionally fall and hurt ourselves. The pain it inflicts is definitely hard to endure

but this shouldn’t bring us down because with every agony and suffering we experience; the

nurturing hands of the father is always present to lift us and make us stronger. I have definitely

experienced a lot of downfall in life and so I like how the song was just so relatable and uplifting

that it gives me hope whenever everything seems to be going wrong.

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