I Am a Child of God

Randall composed the first three verses of "I Am a Child of God" at the request of the general board of the Primary Association, of which she was a member.

Randall described how she composed the song: I got down on my knees and prayed aloud, pleading that our Heavenly Father would let me know the right words.

I gratefully surveyed the work, drank of the message of the words, and returned to my bedroom where I knelt before my Father in Heaven to say "Thank you!

"[1] Randall mailed the lyrics to her friend Mildred T. Pettit in California, who wrote the accompanying music.

"I Am a Child of God" is hymn number 301 in the church's 1985 hymnal and on page 2 in the Children's Songbook.

"I Am a Child of God" is a common phrase used in curriculum,[6] magazines,[7] sermons,[8] and children's clothing,[9] jewelry[10] and novelties[11] as a means of teaching a basic LDS doctrine in simple language.