A Better Way

It seems so very long ago and yet like yesterday We stood as one and made the vow to love and to obey Then sealed this vow as things are done ‘until at death we part’ And at the time it never crossed my mind or found my heart That such a vow has not the power to stand throughout the years For as time passed, dreams turned to ash and laughter turned to tears Tears born of little things that slowly took the will to strive Until a pointless game it seemed to keep our love alive But near the end a whisper came, “Don’t give up. There’s a way” “The Savior died and rose again, and so will you someday” And I’m not sure just why I‘d never had that thought before But like a hand, it reached inside and opened up the door And showed me what the Lord has always meant for love to be A seed that spouts in life…but then grows on eternally …Jeff Bresee