I Miss My Mama

I miss my Mama She left me too soon I still see her in dreams And even then I wonder "Mama, are you going to leave me again?" Everything she was Seems to live inside of me Her love for words And rain And sweets Her incredible kindness Towards her students And everyone who crossed her path That ready smile That won her the nickname, "Sunshine" I miss my Mama It’s one of those days When I wonder why She had to suffer and die A slow living death Of many years Blood stains and cuts And immobility fears and reality Brought on by that accursed disease: Multiple Sclerosis But Mama had strong faith She'd sit up in bed and pray When she could no longer kneel And I knew... As I passed by her room She would be praying for me And for my brothers Each in turn I miss my Mama Tears fill my eyes As I remember how I prayed How I begged How I tried to work a miracle "In the name of Jesus.....be healed." Nothing.... Silence from the heavens Pain in my heart Hearing her say, "Lord, take my life." And she died knowing Her prayer was answered She was set free From her wheel chair ridden life And now she sleeps Yes, she sleeps No thoughts No dreams No recollections The sleep of the just In the arms of Jesus He has marked her resting place And when He comes again Angels will go wake her up And she will rise Perfect and whole Beautiful and complete Full of energy and life Her smile no longer crooked Her eyes no longer dim Her voice no longer garbled She will rise She will sing praises In her beautiful alto voice She will hold me....again Yes, I hope to be there by HIS grace I hope to squeeze her tight And never let go As I cry tears of joy That we’ve both been faithful And we will rise To meet the Lord in the air And heaven will begin for us He will take us to the place Of no night No tears No pain No death No war No illness No rejection No fear No abuse Heaven………HEAVEN! I miss my Mama But……..not for long! "Even so, come Lord Jesus!" Eileen Manassian Ghali Ecclesiastes 9:10- Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom. I Thessalonians 4: 13 - 180 13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15 According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.