Help Me Understand

A little girl prayed at the close of the day
 'Cause her daddy had gone far away
 On her little face was a look of despair
 I stood there and listened, and I heard this prayer
 "My momma says daddy has brought us to shame
 And I'm never no more to mention his name
 Lord, take me and lead me and hold to my hand
 Oh heavenly Father, help me understand"
 You know friends I wonder how many homes are broken tonight
 And just how many tears are shed
 By some little word of anger that never should have been said
 I'd like to tell you a story of a family I once knew
 We'll call them Mary and William and their little daughter Sue
 Now Mary was just a plain mother and Bill, well, he was a usual dad
 And they had their little family quarrels like everybody else
 But neither one really got mad
 Then one day something happened
 It was nothing, of course
 But one word led to another, and the last word led to a divorce
 Now here were two grown up people
 Who failed to use common sense
 They strengthened their own selfish pride at little Sue's expense
 You know she didn't ask to be brought to this world
 To drift from pillar to post
 But a divorce never stops to consider
 The ones it hurts the most
 There'd be a lot more honest loving in this wicked ol' world today
 If just a few parted parents could hear little Sue say
 "Take me and lead me and hold to my hand
 Oh heavenly Father, help me understand"