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Amid Your Loss
By: Maxine M.

Sudden death!! Does anything else bring a greater shock to our hearts & mind?
Be it a loved one, neighbor, friend or acquaintance…all are affected we find
Life plummets downward as horror, astonishment & disbelief are combined

How can we possibly cope? How can we handle this dreadful blow?
Questions flood our very soul…WHY?! How can we ever know?
Where can we turn? Where is comfort? It’s impossible not to let our grief show

We learn from our youth that death exists…but a fact we try to ignore
Assuming it only happens to the elderly, but what does life have in store
For we are helpless to INTERVENE when death closes that door

For the young, this may be the 1st unexpected death they experience…frightening to the core
As we grow older, most have borne this burden before
But it never gets EASIER…we never want to go down that road any more

Friends & neighbors all “pitch in” to care for immediate family needs
Caring, helping, comforting till sorrow starts to recede
PLEASE!! Someone take this pain away…our heart pleads

But the question remains, “will time, this massive hurt, repair?”
These are the times LOVE pulls together…often just by being there
Words are INADEQUATE…but silent empathy many can share

All acknowledge a soul has departed, but where did it go?
We can only wonder and speculate but the Creator will certainly know
And we too, at some unknown date, will follow to the grave below

Perhaps today or tomorrow, when young or old…or somewhere in between
What waits in days to come? What does it all mean?
But let me tell you, YOU CAN KNOW your future when YOU exit this earthly scene

For that same Creator has a plan for you…an exact number of days
From the moment of your conception, He’s been acquainted with ALL your ways
He knows the very thoughts of your heart & mind…now, doesn’t that AMAZE?!

His PLAN for you and all man-kind is that HIS SON would willingly die
The precious sacrificial blood of Jesus, Eternal Salvation for ALL would buy
Only requirement is to be ACCEPTED by Faith…why not give it a try?

Those who would “KNOWINGLY” refuse a secure eternal future are rare
So in the midst of this devastating moment, for YOUR own destiny, PREPARE
Cry out to the Creator as you examine your heart…lay your soul bare

LOOK DEEP!! Look beyond the outward appearance & shiny gloss
Today let the Father, Son & Holy Spirit comfort you in your loss
And may YOUR future be assured in the shadow of the cross

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