Memorial Bookmark – Style 0105

Life is but a stopping place,
A pause in what’s to be.
A resting Place along the road,
To sweet eternity.
We all have different journeys,
Different paths along the way,
We all were meant
To learn some things,
But never meant to stay…
Our destination is a place,
Far greater than we know,
For some the journey’s quicker
For some, the journeys slow.
But when the journey
finally ends,
We’ll claim a great reward,
And find an everlasting peace,
Together with the Lord.

I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one
I’d like to leave an after glow of smiles when life is done.
I’d like to leave an echo, whispering softly down the ways.
Of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days.
I’d like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun.
Of happy memories that I leave when life is done.

Little did we know that morning
God was going to call your name.
In life we loved you dearly,
in death we do the same.
It broke our hearts to lose you,
the day God called you home.
You left us peaceful memories,
your love is still our guide.
And though we cannot see you,
you are always by our side.
Our family chain is broken
and nothing seems the same.
But as God calls us one by one,
the chain will link again.

May the road rise up to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
And the rains fall soft upon your fields,
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

God looked around his garden and found an empty place.
He then looked down upon this earth and saw your tired face.
He put His arms around you and lifted you to rest.
God’s garden must be beautiful He always takes the best.
He knew that you were suffering, He knew you were in pain,
He knew that you would never get well on earth again.
He saw that the road was getting rough and hills were hard to climb,
So he closed your weary eyelids and whispered, “Peace be thine”.
It broke our hearts to lose you But you didn’t go alone,
For part of us went with you, the day God called you home.

I am home in heaven dear ones, oh so happy and so bright.
There is perfect joy and beauty, in this everlasting light.
All the pain and grief is over, every restless yearning past.
I am now at peace forever, safely home in heaven at last.
Dear ones, do not grieve so sorely, for I love you dearly still.
Try to look beyond earth’s shadow, pray to trust our Father’s will.
There is work still waiting for you, so you must not idly stand.
When the work is all completed, He will gently call you home.
Oh, the rapture of that meeting!
Oh, the joy to see you come!

She always leaned to watch for us
Anxious if we were late,
In winter by the window,
In summer by the gate.
And though we mocked her tenderly,
Who had such foolish care,
The long way home would seem more safe,
Because she waited there.
Her thought were all so full of us,
She never could forget.
And so I think the where she is,
She must be watching yet.
Waiting till’ we come home to her,
Anxious if we are late.
Watching from Heaven’s window,
Leaning from Heaven’s gate.

We’ll always remember that special smile,
that caring heart, that warm embrace,
you always gave us.
You being there for Mom and us through good and bad times, no matter what.
We’ll always remember you Dad because,
they’re never be another one to replace you in our hearts,
and the love we will always have for you.

There is a special Angel in Heaven that is part of me.
It is not where I wanted him but where God wanted him to be.
He was there but just a moment like a night-time shooting star.
And though he is in Heaven he isn’t very far.
He touched the heart of many like only an Angel can do.
So I send this special message to the Heavens up above.
Please take care of my Angel and send him all my love.

You are not forgotten
Nor will you ever be
No one can fill you vacant place.
Looking back with memories upon the path you trod
We bless the time we had with you
And leave the rest to God.

God grant me the Serenity to
Accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.

I am home in Heaven, dear ones.
Oh, so happy and so bright!
There is perfect joy and beauty
In the everlasting light.
Al the pain and grief is over,
Every restless tossing passed;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in Heaven at last.
There is work still waiting for you,
So you must not idly stand,
Do it now, while life remaineth…
You shall rest in God’s own land.
When that work is all completed,
He will gently call you Home;
Oh, the rapture of that meeting
Oh, the joy to see you come.

If Roses grow in Heaven Lord,
please pick a bunch for me.
Place them in my Mother’s arms
and tell her they’re from me.
Tell her that I love her and miss her,
and when she turns to smile,
place a kiss upon her cheek
and hold her for a while.
Because remembering her is easy,
I do it every day,
but there is an ache within my heart
that will never go away.

We thought of you with love today.
But that is nothing new.
We thought about you yesterday.
And days before that too.
We think of you in silence.
We often speak your name.
Now all we have is memories.
And your picture in a frame.
Your memory is our keepsake.
With which we’ll never part.
God has you in His Keeping.
We have you in our heart.

I have a place in Heaven
Please don’t sing sad songs for me,
Forget your grief and Fears,
For I am in a perfect place,
Away from pain and tears.
It’s far away from hunger
And hurt and want and pride,
I have a place in Heaven
With the Master at my side.
My life on earth was very good,
As earthly life can go,
But paradise is so much more
Than anyone can know.
My heart is filled with happiness
And sweet rejoicing too.
To walk with God is perfect peace,
A joy forever new.

We miss your smile, your joking ways.
We miss the things you used to say.
And when old times we do recall,
It’s when we miss you most of all.

The Lord is my shepherd, I’ll not want,
He makes me down to lie,
In pastures green he leadeth me,
The quiet waters by.
My soul he doth restore again,
And me to walk doth make.
Within the path of righteousness,
E’en for his own name’s sake.
Yea though I walk in death’s dark vale,
Yet will I fear none ill,
For Thou art with me
and Thy rod and staff me comfort still.
Goodness and mercy all my life,
Shall surely follow me,
And in God’s house for evermore,
My dwelling place shall be.

Please don’t be unhappy because I’m out of sight
Remember I am with you morning, noon and night.
The day I had to leave you when my life on earth was through,
God picked me up and hugged me and said, “Many welcome home to you”.
And when it’s time for you to go from your body to be free,
think of where you are going, you are coming here to me.

We hold you close within our hearts,
And there you shall remain,
To walk with us throughout our lives,
Until we meet again.
So rest in peace dear loved one,
And thanks for all you’ve done,
We pray that God has given you,
The crown you’ve truly won.
And so I think the where she is,
She must be watching yet.
Waiting till’ we come home to her,
Anxious if we are late.
Watching from Heaven’s window,
Leaning from Heaven’s gate.

Perhaps they are not stars in the sky,
but rather openings,
where our loved ones shine down
to let us know they are happy

You’ve just walked on ahead of me
And I’ve got to understand
You must release the ones you love
And let go of their hand.
I try and cope the best I can
But I’m missing you so much
If I could only see you
And once more feel your touch.
Yes, you’ve just walked on ahead of me
Don’t worry I’ll be fine
But now and then I swear I feel
Your hand slip into mine.

Don’t think of her as gone away, her journey’s just begun,
Life holds so many facets, this earth is only one.
Just think of her as resting, from the sorrows and the tears,
In a place of warmth and comfort, where there are no days or years.
Think how she must be wishing, that we could know today,
How nothing but our sadness, can really pass away.
And think of her as living, in the hearts of those she touched.
For nothing loved is ever lost, and she was loved so much.