Gloryteller

                  Forever Home

When our count of days goes way too fast

When earthbound lives are gone and past

In sad, lamenting grief we’re cloaked

We limp to You, our only hope

We lost them, those who were our own

Or were they not, and just on loan

With great compassion You lift us up

For what You gave them, they left with us

By Your grace, it’s their Love we’ve enjoyed

So eternal, enduring, death can’t destroy

Fragrantly lingering, it wafts through our hair

Like tropical breezes, love whispers its care

And we know they are with us, as You’ve been from the start

For their love warms our being, lifts our limbs, and our heart.

So, there lies our hope, it’s Your love and Your faith

You care about us, Your plan is in place

We lack understanding, only You know

How to bring home your people, You care for each soul

For You have given us this sleep

The one that, here, we think so deep

Yet it is light, and lasts but a whit

So brief, and at the end of it

We waken to You, forever home

At last, Your Treasure is our own.

At last! Your Joy is now our own!