We're never ready to say goodbye
To someone we hold dear.
If it were up to us, dear Dad,
We'd always keep you here.
But God has reasons of His own
And plans we cannot know,
And these are always for our good,
Though it may seem not so.
Our arms are empty and our hearts
Are filled with tears and grief,
For we who loved each day with you,
Now find those days too brief.
Yet if we could only heaven see,
We'd know you're happy there,
And we would never call you back
When such great joy you share.
And so we'll trust you to God's great care
And know some day, once more,
We'll hold you to our hearts again
When we reach heaven's shore.
To someone we hold dear.
If it were up to us, dear Dad,
We'd always keep you here.
But God has reasons of His own
And plans we cannot know,
And these are always for our good,
Though it may seem not so.
Our arms are empty and our hearts
Are filled with tears and grief,
For we who loved each day with you,
Now find those days too brief.
Yet if we could only heaven see,
We'd know you're happy there,
And we would never call you back
When such great joy you share.
And so we'll trust you to God's great care
And know some day, once more,
We'll hold you to our hearts again
When we reach heaven's shore.
This poem reminds me of my dad so much..... I miss him and cant wait to be with him
ReplyDeleteI am flattered that you liked my poem well enough to post it in your blog, Ashley, but I truly would like to have my name attached to it as the author. I wrote this poem many years ago, and used it for my mother's funeral in 1998. It is also posted on my website under my poems pages.
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ReplyDeleteI am still waiting to see my name supplied as the true author of this poem that I wrote for my mother's funeral.
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Ashley....please give credit where it's due...Saralyn wrote this poem "Never Ready to Say Goodbye" and you have yet to give her credit for writing it. Please do the right thing and give her credit! Thanks
ReplyDeleteLinda Rice
A very good friend of mine wrote this poem...Please give her credit and dont make it look like you wrote it AShley...you know you didnt...put her name on it as the author...its okay you posted it but dont take credit for writing it...that's just not right.
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