FROM MY HEART

FROM MY HEART
By Pat Severin

Today I learned about your loss
and wished to ease your pain,
But I am not as wise as Paul
who said, “To die is gain.”
Those simple words, no more than four,
they tell what matters most.
How is it that this earthly life
 is one of which we boast?
Such sorrow fills your heart today
and those that loved her, too,
She wouldn’t want your hearts to ache,
for she would want for you
The kind of joy she’s feeling now,
for she can live again
Right there beside the One who died,
who now will take her hand
And fill her soul with joy sublime,
her suffering is over.
No earthly pain or sadness there,
the God she loved is closer
Than those of us who live on earth,
she’s looking in His face.
All questions that she might have had,
replaced with living Grace.
Though you who mourn her passing now
might be consumed with grief,
Remember that she lives again
and finally has relief
From all that filled her final days,
the sadness of her own.
She now is free for Love complete
within her Heavenly home.
And so I pray for comfort sweet
and strength through all your tears,
For mem’ries of the life she lived,
her love through all the years.
I pray that these will fill your heart
and maybe bring a smile
For only God can help you still
your sorrow for a while.