Gone, But Not Forgotten

Today we will attend a funeral where death has parted husband and wife

(gone, but not forgotten)

then we will attend a wedding where starry-eyed Young Man and Woman will

commit their lives to each other till death doth part. 

May we live with the consciousness of the Shadow of Death

and honour life's Giver with every breath.

 for we never know when we or someone we love will be gone...

Gone beyond the blue horizon

Gone beyond the strait called time

No more guessing or surmising

Death unveils the last Great Climb

Gone while we remain to wonder

What yet waits for you and me

When the gates part over yonder

To begin eternity

Gone where there is no returning

To prepare to meet the Lord

When the end of this life’s journey

Rends the veil to the reward

Changed from mortal to immortal

In the twinkling of an eye

Gone from earth to that Great Portal

Where the soul will never die

© Janet Martin

 Let your light so shine before men,
 that they may see your good works
and glorify your Father in heaven.
Matt.5:16