Elianna's Song

I first heard the name Elianna from a co-worker of mine at College Church in Wheaton who also named their daughter Elianna (meaning "God has answered"), about a year before our daughter was born. I came home after she was born and told Mitch I knew what I wanted our daughter's name to be, whenever we decided to have a baby. This co-worker left me a CD in my mailbox shortly after our Elianna was born in 2009, with a few songs using the name Elianna in them. This song was written for Christy Nockels, one of the band members from the Christian music group Watermark. She too has a daughter named Elliana (spelled with two L's). While part of the group Watermark, they recorded and produced a song named after Christy's daughter, called Elliana's Song...

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Baby woman, tiny in stature now
But your heart is a treasure
Little princess come follow behind me now
I am reaching for you

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Elliana, God has answered my prayers
Elliana, God will conquer my fears
To mother a daughter, to look you in the eye
To know that I had everything, to walk with you in life
To give you to Jesus that He would impart
The wisdom that I'm longing for to mother your heart
Elliana, God has answered my prayers

There will be others to lead and to guide you girl
But only one you'll call Mother, the honor is all mine
To show you what a woman's like
I'm so glad you're mine

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Tenderness of God is twirling around
In our living room tonight
Lighten up your daddy's eyes
And know that he just wants to freeze you in time

(chorus)