'Sixteen Acres' Of Hallowed Sacred Ground
Lyrics and music: Diane Lorraine Fisher
Copyright: 2010

There are sixteen acres of hallowed sacred ground.
So many lives were lost, so few that could be found.
We call this place ground zero, the rescuers our hero.
We wondered how we could survive, knowing that so many died.

We ask where is our God, when there is so much pain.
We fall down to our knees and cry with no restrain.
We pray for faith and Glory, Lord let your love restore me.
When all our hope is lost, you reveal to us a cross.

Chorus:
And there is hope when I pray, that God will heal our souls today.
No tragedy can hold me, from a promise that he told me.
Through my pain you will mold me. In your Amazing Grace.

A place we call God’s house, we felt your presence near.
We reach out for your comfort, when the smoke has cleared.
We etch the names of loved one, in that fiery grave.
And we bless your Holy name, for the lives that you have saved.

Chorus:
And there is hope when I pray, that God will heal our soul today.
No tragedy can hold me, from a promise that he told me.
Through my pain you will mold me, In your Amazing Grace.

Forever we remember the day the towers fell.
The hopelessness and sorrow, of those we’ve known so well.
You have prepared a place for the fallen to arrive.
In the presence of the Father, forever we’re alive.

Chorus:
And there is hope when I pray, that God will heal our soul today.
No tragedy can hold me, from a promise that he told me.
Through my pain you will mold me, In your Amazing Grace.

No tragedy can hold me, from a promise that he told me.
Through my pain you will mold me, In your Amazing Grace.

In your Amazing Grace, In your Amazing Grace.