Christmas This Year Is Different

CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT Christmas this year is different Than Christmas has been before, For some are no longer with us, They’ve gone to heaven’s bright shore. Some we expected to leave us, Riddled with cancer and pain, But they don’t have that in heaven, They’re perfect in health once again. Some reached their ripe age and departed And precious years left behind With memories many and precious That we can bring to our mind. But there are those young and tender, Those we would never expect Took their short journey to heaven Through sudden death they were swept. Christmas would be much more different If the dear Saviour we love Died and stayed dead there forever, Not now in heaven above. Christ conquered death there one morning; We who believe Him can know When it’s our time for departing We, too, in heaven will go! So as we now celebrate Christmas, Let it not be sad and drear That a dear loved one is missing Not here to spread Christmas cheer. Let’s look with hope now in heaven Where we’ll be safe and secure Christmas up THERE WILL be different! Of this we are very sure! -