Victoria Blankenship of the group BenJam wrote a special song about her Dad, Robert L. Pafford.  She wrote this song while he was still living. He passed on to heaven in 2001.
Thank you Victoria for sharing your song with us!
THE SACRIFICE
DADDY WAS A HARD WORKIN’ MAN
HE WAS THE BEST THAT HE COULD BE
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIM FOR
HIS DEDICATION TO HIS FAMILY
BUT DADDY TAUGHT ME ‘BOUT JESUS
AND THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY
I THANK HIM FOR THIS MOST OF ALL
‘CAUSE IT STILL STICKS WITH ME TODAY
OH THE PRICE HE PAID, THE SACRIFICE HE MADE
HE WORKED HIS WHOLE LIFE WITH HIS HANDS
JUST TO GIVE US WHAT HE MADE
HOW COULD HE HAVE KNOWN, THE KIND OF LOVE HE’S SHOWN
ONE DAY HIS LITTLE GIRL COULD SEE…
HOW BIG A FATHER’S HEART CAN BE
ONE DAY THEY NAILED MY SAVIOR TO THE CROSS
AND CRUCIFIED HIM THERE
HIS BLOOD WAS SHED TO SAVE THE SOULS
OF PEOPLE EVERYWHERE
AND SATAN THOUGHT HE’D SAW THE LAST
OF JESUS ON THAT DAY
BUT IN JUST THREE DAYS , HE AROSE
THEN THE STONE WAS ROLLED AWAY
OH THE PRICE HE PAID, THE SACRIFICE HE MADE
MORE THAN ALL THE GRAINS OF SAND
IT’S SO MUCH MORE THAN WORDS CAN SAY
HOW COULD HE HAVE KNOWN, THE KIND OF LOVE HE’S SHOWN
ONE DAY THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD WOULD SEE
HOW BIG A FATHER’S HEART CAN BE
DADDY WAS A HARD WORKER
HE TAUGHT ME THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW WAY
JESUS IS MY SAVIOR
THESE ARE THE SACRIFICES MADE
