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MINISTRY, INC.~
(BRINGING
HOPE TO BEREAVED FAMILIES)
Skip
& Jerry Mudge
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Mallard Park Dr
Charlotte,
NC 28269
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~GRIEF
TO GRATITUDE~
By: ©Gala
L Simpson
It started
when my world collapsed
And left me
standing here,
The road ahead
cannot be passed
Washed out
by all my tears.
I turned around
to run away
To seek familiar
ground,
But realized
there's no turning back
A new path
must be found.
The fog of
grief descended
I could not
find my way,
I grieved
and despaired of my very life
Just wanting
to be called away.
There was
only one thing I wanted
One thing
I was desperate for,
I wanted to
be taken home
To grieve
and weep no more.
Then the fog
that had engulfed me
Started to
dissipate,
And the Lord
who seemed so far away
To me now
seemed to say...
That He felt
my deepest sorrow
He held me
in my grief,
For He, too,
lost His only Son
To save a
world in need.
He knows that
I am hurting
He knows just
how I feel,
He's gone
this path before me
His compassion
is so real.
He bore such
a burden
For my soul
so deep in sin,
And He would
have done it just the same
Had I been
the only one.
Suffering the
loss of my only son
Has shone
me the deepest of loves
I now have
more understanding
Of the heart
of my Father above.
So here I am
with grace applied
My soul with
mercy soothed,
He's brought
me to where I am today
Through grief
to gratitude.
Written in
Loving Memory of
Colin MacArthur
Simpson
October 13,
1978 - May 21, 1998
