A LIFE-WISH

Dear God, teach me to number my days

I know not when I’ll go.

Let me live out all my todays

Like time ends tomorrow.

Prod me when I procrastinate;

I’m not here for all time.

Let me not leave until too late

The works assigned as mine.

 

Teach me to love the way You do

Put healing in my smile.

Remind me when misunderstood

It’s only for a while.

Let me not hold too tight a grudge;

There’s more to reach out for-

And when I think I give too much,

Help me sacrifice more.

And those I love, please let them see

My life is just a loan;

So they won’t feel quite so bereaved

When You call me back home.

When they miss me, Lord, give them You:

Replace with hope their grief.

Where they hurt, let Your Spirit soothe

And restore their belief:

That even now, You’re in control;

And give them faith to see

In You, I’ll always be a soul

Though on earth a memory.

Above all, Lord, prepare a place

For me right where You are;

So that when I leave Earth’s surface,

We’ll never be apart.

Let me not be afraid of death;

Leaving what’s dearly held-

For it is only my rebirth

Into a more real world.

... For the families of E.A, F.L, F.A, G.N, K.S... and all of us who mourn people we love.