Posted on 12/14/2001 8:01:03 AM PST by Rebelbase
God bless.
You were blessed to have him as a friend, but he was equally blessed to have you.
Well put.
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 and 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!
All is Well
Henry Scott Holland
1847-1918
Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral
Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away into the next room. I am I, and you are you. Whatever we were to each other, that we still are. Call me by my old familiar name, speak to me in the easy way which you always used. Put no difference in your tone, wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. Pray, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was, let it be spoken without effect without the trace of a shadow on it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was; there is unbroken continuity. Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just round the corner.
All is well.
I never know what to say at times like this, words seem so feeble. But, "I'm sorry".
If that helps any.
It is my firm belief that we will be united with those dear to us -- be they family or friend -- on the other side of the veil. Ask the Lord to touch your heart so that you may enjoy that comfort, and live for and look forward to that glorious day when all things will be restored in the arms of our loving Father in Heaven.
May the Lord bless you and your dear friend with peace, hope, and fond memories. And thanks for the opportunity to say something positive in these troubled times.....
May you be blessed in having known this man...I'm certain his life touched others in a most precious way...he's be rewarded accordingly.
HM <><
I hope you find comfort in all the memories, but partcularly, the last memories you have of him.
Mrs.L
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