Tuesday's Trust - When Fulfilled Love Unfurls…

Tuesday's Trust

When Fulfilled Love Unfurls…

O Father, release Your light into my heart

For all seems dark since we've been apart..

Stark sadness overwhelms this weary heart...

But Your Gladness cheers as Your Love imparts

Strength to this soul, from inside out,

Clearing my vision, ridding my doubt…

Reminding me she is… There… with You,

With nothing tainting her earthly view~~~

For she looks down, but sees not only me

Steeped in sadness, but still resting... in Thee…

You alone will heal this soul

When Your Light o'ertakes the Darkness of this 

empty hole

Where my child once filled this mommy's world,

Lord, how I miss my baby girl…

Thank You that she's safe… There… with You

Please give me Lord Your Heavenly view…

Where One Day I'll fly into her arms

Filled with Joy, not earthly alarms,

Joy... resurrected by Your own blood

Shed for me and my sweet baby girl

Then once again my tears will flood

But this time because Joy, fulfilled Love unfurls…

Poem-When Fulfilled Love Unfurls~Angie Bennett Prince-May 16, 2014

Portrait: Afternoon At The Beach, ~Diane Leonard

GLORIOUS colour   ~   Jan   ~Pinterest  

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/473018767085394215/

Friday's Faith - We Walked Along the Road Together

Friday's Faith

We Walked Along the Road Together

We walked along the road together,

My daughter, tiny then, and I

My heart heavy, hers light as a feather

On that tender day, bright sun in the sky.

Into my pain, she spoke her truth,

Child-like, true to her nature:

The pain was shattered down to its root

By its piercing clarity, simply, to her mother wagered.

Were you child, or angel fair

With your clear green eyes and curls of hair?

Did God take you to His skies of blue

Those few years later, back to your Home so true?

Do you still speak down into my pain

With your breath of fresh air like a soothing rain?

We walk along the road together:

My daughter with her spritely grin, and I

My heart heavy, hers light as a feather

On these tender days, bright sun in the sky.

Poem - We Walked Along the Road Together - Angie Bennett Prince - 01/13/2013

Tuesday's Trust - My Baby Girl’s Cries of Thanksgiving

Tuesday's Trust

My Baby Girl’s

Cries of Thanksgiving

Did you fly up to Heaven on the wings of angels,

Or did my Lord Jesus carry you Himself?

Somehow I picture you with Jesus, not angels,

As I know He caught you in His arms that night, Himself.

I cannot imagine He would delegate such a role to anyone else,

Not anymore, now that He lives in our hearts, faithful and true.

We don’t meet an angel in prayer, He meets us Himself,

He is so intimate with us in everything we walk through.

I picture it that way: He did not let you hit the ground That Night,

He was there to catch you as you were ever in His sight.

Then He took you into His Heavens where He and His Father

Rejoiced over you, and the angels cried out in worship to God that night.

No matter what, or how you got there, I know you

Walk with Jesus now, and you are surrounded by our loved ones.

I know you still love, and laugh, and play. And I can just see you

With your arms thrown up over your head, singing to God,

Thanking Him for who He is, and for all He’s done

To save you, and love you, and care for you,

Even at the greatest cost of all, the life of His own Son.

We gather with you in spirit, right there by your side,

In humble awe of our Lord, who drew you to His side.

Picture: http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2011/11/spring-garden.html

Poem - My Baby Girl's Cries of Thanksgiving - Angie Bennett Prince - 11/13/2011

Monday's Mourning Ministry - I See Her... / Missing You ~Billy Ray Cyrus

Monday's Mourning Ministry

Missing You

~Billy Ray Cyrus

~

I See Her...

In the star, I see her twinkling at me,

In the rock, I see her stability.

In th’ white dove, I see her gentle ways,

In the river, I see her refreshing gaze.

In the rose, I see her bright, sweet smile,

In the lotus, I see her bright, fresh style.

In bread, I see her enlivening mood,

In the moon, I see her darkening brood.

In roots, I see her grounding influence,

In the owl, I see her sharp discernments.

In the breath, I feel her quickened presence,

In God’s beauty, I sense her sweet essence.

In Your creation, I am reminded

I’d still see her, ev’n if I were blinded!

*****

Missing You

~Billy Ray Cyrus

~

A Mother's Lament for a Son:

Video by TeriAnn Sargent for her son,

Jarred Steven Sargent

3/19/1984 - 11/5/2010

I live for the phone

I die for the mail

I took your picture

right off the nail

And put it right by my bed

So I could see you instead

Of the darkness of night

I hold conversations

with you in my mind

They only tighten

this knot deep inside

And the aching won't end

'Til i hold you again

If I only survive...

Why did you have to go

Why am I missing you so?

One heartbeat at a time

I'm going out of my mind

Missing you...

Missing you

I started a letter

I stared at your name

There wasn't a line

that didn't echo my pain

There was no sound at all

With the slow lonely fall

Of an unspoken tear.

Why did you have to go

Why am I missing you so?

One heartbeat at a time

I'm going out of my mind

Missing you...

Missing you

Life may take us

In different directions

But I'll always end up

deeper, deeper

in my true affection

Why did you have to go

Why am I missing you so?

One heartbeat at a time

I'm going out of my mind

Missing you...

Missing you

Missing you...

Missing you

Missing you...

Missing you

Missing you...

Missing you

Missing you darling

Missing you baby

Missing you...

Missing you

*****

"I sometimes hold it half a sin

to put in words the grief I feel

For words, like Nature, half reveal

And half conceal the soul within."

~Alfred Lord Tennyson

This is how it feels

when the sacred is torn

from your life...

and the

"dark night of the soul"

becomes your constant

companion

Picture - Thanks to Grieving Mothers

Poem – I See Her - Angie Bennett Prince - 11/5/08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LttBKtzSgA

Monday's Mourning Ministry - Do You Cry? / I Won't Let Go ~Rascal Flatts

Monday's Mourning Ministry

Do You Cry?

~

I Won't Let Go

~Rascal Flatts

Do You Cry?

Do you cry

When Mommy cries?

Since you always did,

I believe you do.

Does God catch tears in Heaven?

I believe He does ~

He wouldn't let your precious tears be wasted.

Do they fill the River of Life

or

Is there a River of Love?

If there is

I'll bet it's big,

for

all the parents

I've talked to,

we've each shed

a few rivers of our own.

So Baby, do you cry

Like you did here?

Or There,

Do you have more hope?

Can you see the other side

To where I'm going, and know

That I'll be okay

Like you're okay

And we'll be close

Forever

To cry our tears,

Our happy tears of love

With one another?

Do you cry

When Mommy cries?

Since you always did,

I believe you do.

Do you see me ~

I'm crying now

'cause I miss you...

Can't wait till I am There

to be with you ~

And with Him

Who'll wipe all our tears away...

May God bless you and ever hold you close to His heart, sweet baby.❤

*****

I Won't Let Go

~Rascal Flatts

It's like a storm

That cuts a path

It breaks your will

It feels like that

You think you're lost

But you're not lost

on your own,

You're not alone

I will stand by you,

I will help you through

When you've done all you can do

and you can't cope

I will dry your eyes,

I will fight your fight

I will hold you tight

and I won't let go

It hurts My heart to see you cry

I know its dark

this part of life

Oh it finds us all

and we're too small

to stop the rain

Oh but when it rains...

I will stand by you,

I will help you through

When you've done all you can do

and you can't cope

I will dry your eyes,

I will fight your fight

I will hold you tight

and I won't let you fall

Don't be afraid to fall

I'm right here to catch you

I won't let you down

It won't get you down

You're gonna make it

Yeah, I know you can make it

'Cause I will stand by you,

I will help you through

When you've done all you can do

and you can't cope

I will dry your eyes,

I will fight your fight

I will hold you tight

and I won't let go

Oh I'm gonna hold you

and I won't let go

Won't let you go

No I won't

Poem - Do You Cry? - Angie Bennett Prince - 6/3/2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdCb7T0MimU&feature=related