~FOOTPRINTS
MINISTRY, INC.~
(BRINGING
HOPE TO BEREAVED FAMILIES)
Skip
& Jerry Mudge
6605
Mallard Park Dr
Charlotte,
NC 28269
704-509-6603
~THE
BLESSINGS THAT REMAIN~
By Annie Johnson
Flint
reprinted
from Bereaved Parents Share, Nov/Dec ‘99
There are Loved
Ones who are missing
From the fireside
and the feast;
There are
faces that have vanished,
There are
voices that have ceased;
But we know
they passed forever
From our mortal
grief and pain,
And we thank
Thee, Oh our Father,
For the blessings
that remain.
Thanksgiving,
oh, Thanksgiving,
That their
love once blessed us here,
That so long
they walked beside us,
Sharing every
smile and tear;
For the joy
the past has brought us,
But can never
take away,
For the sweet
and
gracious memories
Growing dearer
every day.
For the faith that keeps us patient
Looking at the things unseen,
Knowing Spring shall follow Winter
And the earth again be green,
For the hope of that glad meeting
Far from mortal grief and pain –
We thank Thee, Oh our Father,
For the blessings that remain.
