You came like a rainbow
Spanning across the sky like an ocean of color
Your eyes reflected the love of God
Soon, much too soon,
You blinked and He became a blur
The tears would not let me see
What your heart knew:
He was nearer than we thought.
Why did we miss Him when you cried?
Why did we fail to hear His voice when you laughed?
I am hoarse from crying
Over you
Your short time on earth was a grain of sand
Here one moment, gone the next.
I know where you are and it brings me comfort
There are glimmers of sunlight through the clouds
God is purifying use through this trial. He wants our faith
to become like gold: solid, pure, able to withstand anything and not to be
confused with a cheap imitation.
Our hearts are cracked but not broken
Our tears are not a thunderstorm but soft raindrops falling
on the countryside.
Our laughter has quieted but not died.
God will give us beauty for ashes and the garment of praise
for the garment of heaviness.
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