It's so hard for me to say 'goodbye'...
to those folks that we hold dear...
how my heart too often, aches
just because they are not here...
 
They are living in my dreams...
When I wake, tears fill my eyes...
For the emptiness I feel
in my heart, I can't disguise.
 
They all passed this way but once
How they touched my heart & soul
in a very special way!
Their departure left a "hole."
 
None will ever take their place...
Oh, how my eyes long to see
all these dear ones who are gone...
For they meant the world to me!
 
How I long for their embrace -
just to hear their voice once more...
and to see their loving smiles -
These are things that I long for!
 
Are these hopes we entertain
nothing more than wishful thinking?
Or is there a firm foundation
that our hopes will be the real thing?
 
Yes, we all have a real hope
There's a time when we will see
earthly paradise restored
Then all the dead will be...
 
Restored to life again..
Never more to separate...
from their families and friends...
This God's promises do state.
 
Loving kindness will be shown..
by Jehovah through his Son...
Who lay down his perfect life
So that God's will would be done.
 
What a grand time that will be!
When death will be no more
All in 'Hades" are set free...
What a grand hope lies in store!
 
We won't have to say 'goodbye'
We'll cry tears of joy instead...
For our hearts will overflow
when we welcome back the dead!

 

(C) 2000 - CYNTHIA BECKER


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