Loss to Comfort
How do you comfort someone who has lost the will to live
Who has for no fault of their own been forced their all to give
Who in one instant moment had their life before their eyes
Destroyed by someone's thoughtless act in which another dies
And then how do you lead them to a closer walk with Him
Who feels with great intensity the pain that's killing them
Who has His arms around them though they cannot feel or see
His Presence and the tears He cries in deepest sympathy
For truly He can feel our pain Who is our Source of life
Who suffers even more than we from all this worldly strife
And Who in His great wisdom does allow each tragedy
Because in His great mercy He holds more than we can see
For though this life is precious it's still finite at its best
And soon no matter who we are at last we'll go to rest
To wait upon the Judgment when at last our Lord returns
And all will be rewarded with the outcome that they earn
Through thoughts and words and actions they've embraced and practiced here
Not knowing of the impact on another's thoughts and fears
To draw them to the Saviour or to drive them far away
Most certainly to be revealed when comes the Judgment Day
And for this very reason God can see what we cannot
And has within His memory all things that we've forgot
He moves in ways though painful here we cannot comprehend
Because he sees beyond the now to when all pain will end
And knows what will be glorious in the lives of the Redeemed
When lives that have been parted will be one again and seamed
Together in a tapestry of joy and loveliness
Enhanced by all we suffered here with Him Who knew us best
And held us in that moment when life seemed to want to end
When nothing seemed to comfort us not even our best friend
But He was there beside us Who had walked this path before
And knew beyond that moment what we wanted even more
To be at last united with the ones we could not see
Were resting safe and waiting for that Day that's soon to be
When Christ will come triumphant and receive those from the grave
For whom He came and suffered died and rose again to save
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18;
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