Remembering Loved Ones

It’s that time of the year again.  

It’s Halloween and everybody gets excited with all the trick or treating and costume parties.

But a  part of me is also remembering loved ones who have passed away.

I miss them.

This was a beautiful poem that was read in a funeral service and I believe it will bring encouragement to anyone who has lost a loved one.

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’ 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!”  

~Unknown

The pain of losing someone you love so deeply cannot be described with words and going through the grieving process cannot be escaped.

Even though they are not with me there is not a day that goes by

that I think of all the good times & they  bring  a smile to my heart.

♥♥♥