Great Loss, Great Love

I won’t feel your arms around my neck

I won’t hear I love you from your lips anymore

A broken heart for the loss, a broken heart for the memories never made

I can’t claim understanding of the why, but I still trust and hope in God’s divine plan

I will carry you with me until I see you again

When we share that sweet embrace of heaven

But for now in my lack of understanding, I will choose to trust in the divine plan, I am at my lowest

If one life came to Christ through her then I can’t stand in way of her reward

Father, I’ll never understand as you watched me writhe and weep in the dirt over the grave of my daughter

Callousness tempts me, bitterness brings its list of temporary benefits

Father, in my lack of understanding, use this for Your good

May the enemy be far from me

The embrace of death ripped her away

And the days will turn into months, which will turn into years, I’ll never forget you

And you’ll never be forgotten

Rest in peace, rest in peace

Separated by the years I still have here

Father, break me to put me back together, help me to know death and know forever

Death, your sting hurts, but you have temporary victory

Christ conquered the grave, now bow to your king

In taking my daughter away, you stripped me, but I know Christ will fill me

A shattered hearts needs only the will to rebuild and a blessing from God the Father

There’s nothing to capture her last words but I know that one day I might feel peace

I won’t feel your arms around my neck

Nor the words I love you spoken from your lips anymore

I will carry your memory until we meet again

Lord, You are the hope for the broken, so may You comfort me

Breathe in this sudden season, I can’t rest, I can only weep for the great loss

May the loss be turned to great love

Death, you may have temporary victory

Christ conquered the grave, now bow to your King 

Father, will You lift my head again?

Father, will You give me the will to rebuild?