Heaven's Gain

HEAVEN’S GAIN Patiently He waited For His child to see Him there He knew that if she let Him He could take away each care He looked at her with mercy His eyes were filled with love His presence brought compassion And God’s power from above He spoke to her heart gently He whispered to her soul He showed her scenes of beauty And made the thunder roll He longed for her to see Him So He went to every length To show her an example Of His glorious might and strength Then one day the angels Rejoiced with songs of praise For she had come to know Him In the time of her last days He knew that she was fading Her time was drawing near She trusted in her Savior She would no longer fear And when at last the day arrived For Him to take her home She breathed her last on earth And then she met Him at His throne Her soul was filled with joy This was where she’d longed to be And time was of no consequence This was eternity Here on earth we feel the loss We grieve for her with tears But she knows each moment there Is like a thousand years So as we wait and wonder And as moments pass us by We’ll all be reunited In the twinkling of an eye Though she leaves an empty space That none can ever fill We must know that all shall be Accomplished by His will Let us not be overcome With brokenness and pain Rather, let us realize Our loss is Heaven’s gain! © Donna Golden Written February 7, 2000 in memory of Betty Mitchell