' SAFELY HOME ' !

 
 
(  My Mom Gave Me This Poem,
  Right Before She Went To Heaven  !  )
 
 
"  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 ILLUMINATED
   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 " ! !
 
 
 
 
 
        
 
          LOVE   YA,    ~Barbara