This Life Goes On, And Must...

Ps.34:1-5 BSB

I will bless the LORD at all times;

His praise will always be on my lips.

My soul boasts in the LORD;

let the oppressed hear and rejoice.

Magnify the LORD with me;

let us exalt His name together.

I sought the LORD, and He answered me;

He delivered me from all my fears.

Those who look to Him are radiant with joy,

their faces shall never be ashamed...

I told my daughter I'm beginning to understand

when people who lost a loved one would say

 it feels cruel to resume The Ordinary,

and yet, we must

because life goes on

It is Harvest Season...

This life goes on, and must

The common call of Task

Compels our frames of dust-to-dust

God helps us, if we ask

His faultless sympathy

Will strengthen and sustain

His promises, the hope of we

Who suffer grief and pain

His all-sufficient grace

And love will never fail

Until the final resting place

Of this tent of travail

What sweet assurance pours

God’s blessings never cease

Goodness and mercy’s fount restores

The soul to perfect peace

…where loss precedes a Gain

Faith secures in Belief

Parting tears flow, but not in vain

Hope reigns in spite of grief

This life goes on and must

What we need God provides

And so in him we place our trust

His changeless love abides

Janet Martin