Why do we cry when someone has died?
Is it the company we miss by our
side?
Is it for things we have not done?
Is it for the promise he has not
begun?
Is it for things we will soon be
denied?
Why do we cry when someone has died?
Yes, there's a lot we can do for
someone,
Yes, this world offers a lot of fun—
The breathtaking grandeur of God's
creation,
And also the beauty of human emotion.
But isn't he in a better place when
he died?
Why this truth to the heart is not
satisfied?
Death, we have no complaint against
you,
It is the wage of sin each of us is
due.
Lord, we know You are taking to the
better place,
That, in
deep solace we can embrace Your grace.
But we still cry when someone has died,
Because there's a pain deep inside.
The Lord on account of Lazarus cried,
He even for our eternal death died.
The Lord knows the grief and the pain
of death,
He was, is, and always will be God,
yet
He cried identifying our grief,
Long or brief we cry, and shall find
in Him a relief!
Lo! We shall meet again with no more
tears,
We shall be together again for
countless years,
Heaven and earth shall be ours; the
road no more narrow!
No more sin, no more death, no more
sorrow.
Unto that imminent reality, let us fix
our hope
Especially when in such a situation we try to cope.
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