~21~
~IF ONLY YOU
COULD SEE~
~Author Unknown~
I know your
felling sad today
Because I
had to go
I know you
have so many things
That remind
you of me so
And though
you cry as you recall
The times
you spent with me
I know your
pain would turn to joy
If only you
could see
I'm in Heaven
with Jesus now
We laugh and
we sing
He holds me
gently in his arms
I know no
pain today
And though
we're apart a little while
Jesus has
promised me
He'll someday
bring you here
Where we'll
live for eternity
~22~
~A MOTHER'S
LOVE~
~Helen Steiner
Rice~
A mother's
love is something
That no one
can explain,
It is made
of deep devotion
And of sacrifice
and pain.
It is endless
and unselfish
And enduring
come what may,
For nothing
can destroy it
Or take that
love away.....
It is patient
and forgiving
When all others
are forsaking,
And it never
fails or falters
Even though
the heart is breaking
When all the
world around condemns,
And it glows
with all the beauty
Of the rarest,
brightest gem.....
It is far beyond
defining
And it still
remains a secret
Like the mysteries
of creation...
A many splendored
miracle
Man cannot
understand
And another
wondrous evidence
Of God's tender
guiding hand.
~23~
~IF LOVE ALONE~
~Author Unknown~
You never said,
"I'm leaving."
You never
said, "Good-bye."
You were gone
before I knew it,
and only God
knows why.
A million
times I needed you,
a million
times I cried.
If love alone
could have saved you,
you never
would have died.
In life I
loved you dearly,
in death I
love you still.
In my heart
you hold a special place,
no one can
ever fill.
It broke my
heart to lose you,
but you didn't
go alone
for part of
me went with you,
that day God
called you home.
~24~
~LOVE LIVES
ON~
~Author Unknown~
Those
we love remain with us,
for
love itself lives on
And cherished
memories never fade
because
a loved ones gone.......
Those we love
can never be
more
than a thought apart,
for as long
as there is memory,
They'll
live on in our hearts.
~25~
~I'M FREE~
~Author Unknown~
Don't grieve
for me, for now I'm free
I'm following
the path God laid for me.
I took his
hand when I heard him call.
I turned my
back and left it all.
I could not
stay another day.
To laugh,
to love, to work or play.
Tasks left
undone must stay that way.
I found that
peace at close of day.
If my parting
has left a void,
Then fill
it with remembered joy.
~26~
~THE MANSION
OF HEAVEN~
~Author Unknown~
This world however beautiful was never meant to be,
the place
that we would call our home for all eternity.
And
though we would not chose to leave,
a loving
God knows best,
And
in His time He lifts us to a place of peace and rest.
For
he has built a mansion where his children will abide,
Free
from pain and sorrow, forever at his side.
He
said He'd never leave us to face our trials alone,
And
though we sometimes fail Him, He never fails his own.
And
even when our choices are less than He would ask,
He
knows when human courage is unequal to the task.
We
cannot judge what happens,
though tears
and questions start,
We
only see what's visible, God sees into the heart.
And
though there may be many things
that we cannot
explain,
We
can be sure it breaks His heart
to see His
children's pain.
In
loving arms He bears us to a quiet place apart,
Where
He mends the wounded spirit
and heals
the broken heart.
And
though these ones we love so much
have left
our present sight,
And
passed into a better world of majesty and light,
Someday
we'll be together in our Father's home above,
Where
we'll thank Him for His mercy
and praise
Him for His Love.
~27~
~JESUS JOY
OF ANGELS~
~Author Unknown~
A bud the Gardener
gave us,
A pure and
lovely child.
He gave it
to our keeping,
To cherish
undefiled.
But just as
it was opening,
To the glory
of the day,
Down came
the
Heavenly Gardener
And took our
bud away.
~28~
~A TINY HAND~
~Denise Hamstad~
A tiny hand
we will never hold.
A child without
a name.
Your coos
and giggles won't touch our ears
But we loved
you just the same.
The twinkle
in your little eyes
Was not for
us to see.
We longed
to hold you in our arms
But it never
came to be.
God now holds
your tiny hand
He's given
you a name.
your coos
and giggles grace Heaven's ears
But we will
miss you just the same.
The twinkle
in your little eyes
Now lights
the sky at night.
God holds
you close in loving arms
Your always
in his sight.
A tiny hand
we will never hold
We have no
reason why
But we will
always hold you in our hearts
Even though
we said good bye.
~29~
~A MESSAGE
FROM HEAVEN~
~Author Unknown~
Perhaps you
aren't ready yet
to have to
say goodbye...
Perhaps you
thought of things
you wish you
said ~ well so have I.
For one thing,
I would have told you
not to worry
about me...
I'm with the
Lord in Heaven now ~
you knew that
's where I'd be.
I'm sorry
that your feeling sad,
for I'm happy
now...
I've asked
the Lord to ease your hurt
it's hard
at the beginning,
But I know
you'll make through...
I hope it
helps to know
that I'll
be waiting for you.
~30~
PSALM ~ CHAPTER
121
~1~
I will lift
up mine eyes unto the hills,
from whence
cometh my help.
~2~
My help [cometh]
from the LORD,
which made
heaven and earth.
~3~
He will not
suffer thy foot to be moved:
he that keepeth
thee will not slumber.
~4~
Behold, he
that keepeth Israel
shall neither
slumber nor sleep.
~5~
The
LORD [is] thy keeper:
the LORD [is]
thy shade upon thy right hand.
~6~
The
sun shall not smite thee by day,
nor the moon
by night.
~7~
The
LORD shall preserve thee from all evil:
he shall preserve
thy soul.
~8~
The
LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth,
and even for evermore.
