The Blessing of the Grave
So many souls have gone before bone-weary from the fight
Of holding high the blood stained banner to reveal the Light
Of Life and Truth the Way of peace that comforted their souls
As they completed all that God designed to be their goals
For many were the young at heart though well advanced in years
Who fought those battles by God's grace through faith and many tears
While others were in early youth with what appeared to be
A future for the making with great possibility
But all had one thing common one thing only saints can know
No matter what one's age might be it's God they want to show
To all who live around them who still have a chance to be
Recipients of godly grace for all eternity
And should they rest in Jesus should God choose to close their eyes
While still a child in youth before their mind is worldly-wise
Or should they be advanced in years as old as dust they feel
The most important hope they have is having Jesus' seal
Upon them for the keeping til they meet their Lord at last
When all that's soon to come on earth will be but reckoned past
As Christ comes in His glory to receive what is His own
Who've rested as He rested when He laid behind the stone
Awaiting for that calling when from bondage they'll be free
And death no longer has the power to hold both you and me
If we have like the saints before been found in Christ the Son
To live in love's obedience through all that we have done
For then all will be naked for the eyes of all to see
Who held to what they knew of God in their infirmity
As to the reason they were laid to rest for just a while
When they'd begun their journey or had walked for many miles
And then they'll be most thankful God elected what He did
When by His grace their feeble souls alone in Christ were hid
And they were sealed forever in the safety of the grave
Feared by the worldly minded who chose not the Gift God gave
That saw death as a moment meant for cleansing to be free
Of all the world's defilement that had marred their purity
So in the realms of glory with their Saviour by their side
They'd have no stain upon them for which they would need to hide
Job 13:13-18; Romans 8:10-11; Colossians 3:1-4; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
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