This poem was written for a friend as she prepared to move to Syria with her young family, we had only know them a short while but God was moving them on to other places and adventures. There have been many times in my life when I meet someone, we become friends and then for whatever reason we must part, I know that I may never see these people again on earth but have complete assurance that I will see them some day in heaven. I love having this knowledge, it means that as long as we share a common faith no goodbye is ever really goodbye and someday we shall stand in eternity before the King.
written: 08.07.2009
Sometimes God brings people into our lives only for a season,
We laugh with them, we become friends and God shows us something of himself in each person,
We connect because our hearts are connected through one greater than ourselves.
But then God takes them away.
We dislike when He does this,
We wonder how God can cause someone to touch our lives so tenderly and then disappear forever,
But there is one comfort we hold in our heart;
The knowledge of eternity.
We have the full assurance that someday we will meet in Heaven,
Because of our faith in our Lord Jesus Christ we stand firm in this;
That all those people we ever cared for and share our faith with will stand by us in glory,
We shall bow before the King beside those we hold in our heart,
Though the seasons apart may feel long and weary the season of tomorrow will last forever.
So we say goodbye to those we hold knowing that this season may be hard,
But we look forward to the coming times where our King alone shall reign,
Where love and hope are above all and compassion never fails,
In those days we shall not hurt, we shall not fear or cry,
And in those days, we once again shall meet those people who touched our lives if only for a season.
We say goodbye knowing not what will come,
But knowing there is a bigger plan,
And knowing we may say to each other - in heaven we shall meet once more.
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