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 God's Garden

                                                           God looked around His garden
                                                            And found an empty place.
                                                        He then looked down upon the earth,
                                                              And saw your tired face.
                                                            He put His arms around you
                                                               And lifted you to rest.
                                                          God's garden must be beautiful
                                                             He always takes the best.
                                                          He knew that you were suffering
                                                             He knew you were in pain
                                                           He knew that you would never
                                                              Get well on earth again.
                                                         He saw the road was getting rough,
                                                          And the hills were hard to climb.
                                                          So He closed your weary eyelids,
                                                          And whispered "Peace be thine."
                                                           It broke our hearts to lose you
                                                              But you didn't go alone
                                                            For part of us went with you
                                                           The day God called you home.
 
 

I'm Free

       Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free.
      I am 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 the close of the day.
           If my parting has left a void,
         Then fill it with remembered joy.
        a friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,
          Ah, these things I too will miss.
       Be not burdened with time of sorrow,
      I wish to you the sunshine of tomorrow.
        My life's been full, I savored much,
   Good friends, good times, a loved one touched.
       Perhaps my time seemed all too brief,
       Don't lengthen it now with undue grief.
       Lift up your heart and share with me,
        God wanted me now, He set me free!!!
 

 I Asked God For All Things

                                                            That I may enjoy life,
                                                                He gave me life
                                                         That I may enjoy all things.
                                                           What God has promised:
                                                            God has not promised
                                                              Skies always blue,
                                                          Flower-strewn pathways
                                                            All our lives through:
                                                            God has not promised
                                                               Sun without rain
                                                            Joys without sorrows,
                                                             Peace without pain.
                                                            But God has promised
                                                            Strength for the day,
                                                              Rest for the weary,
                                                              Light for the way,
                                                            Grace for the trials,
                                                               Help from above,
                                                             Unfailing sympathy,
                                                                Undying love.
                                                            —Anne Johnson Flint—
 
 

 Safely Home

          I am home in Heaven, dear ones;
             Oh, so happy and so bright!
            There is perfect joy and beauty
               In this everlasting light.
             All the pain and grief is over,
            Every restless tossing passed;
              I am now at peace forever.
            Safely home in Heaven at last.
              Did you wonder I so calmly
             Trod the valley of the shade?
            Oh!  But Jesus' love illumined
             Every dark dnd fearful glade
          And He came Himself to meet me
             In that way so hard to tread;
            And with Jesus' arm to lean on,
           Could I have one doubt or dread?
          Then you must not grieve so sorely,
               For I love you dearly still:
          try to look beyond earth's shadows,
            Pray to trust our Father's Will.
            There is work still waiting for you,
              So you must not idly stand;
            Do it now, while life remaineth—
             You shall rest in Jesus' land.
           When that work is all completed,
             He will gently call you Home;
            Oh, the rapture of that meeting,
             Oh, the joy to see you come!
 

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