you gave me to do. John 17:4 (NLT)
It won’t be long-
the sun is slowlyslipping out of sight;
lengthening shadows
deepen into dusk;
still winds whisper;
all is quiet’
it won’t be long-
-til night.
It won’t be long-
the tired eyes close;
her strength nearly gone;
frail hands that
ministered to many
lie quiet, still;
Light from another world!
Look up, bereaved!
It won’t be long
-till Dawn!
Ruth Bell Graham
the sun is slowlyslipping out of sight;
lengthening shadows
deepen into dusk;
still winds whisper;
all is quiet’
it won’t be long-
-til night.
It won’t be long-
the tired eyes close;
her strength nearly gone;
frail hands that
ministered to many
lie quiet, still;
Light from another world!
Look up, bereaved!
It won’t be long
-till Dawn!
Ruth Bell Graham
Ruth Bell Graham’s Collected Poems
by Ruth Bell Graham,
1977, 1992, 1997 Ruth Bell Graham,
Baker Books, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
UPDATE: November 8, 2013 As I look back today to see look at the two article links above I discovered they were no longer available.
1 comment:
Teresa, this is a beautiful poem. I will print it out and take it along to a new group that is forming in our church. Two of us who are widows have got together and next Monday we are holding a meeting to establish a support group for widow and widowers (definitely not a matchmaking group!) We think the loss of a spouse is a unique experience and there is a lot not readily understood by others who have not shared such an experience. It has become clear to Phyllis (the other woman doing this with me) and I that there is a need to support others. We hope it will become established and can be useful to people and that people from outside the church can be invited into the group - thus taking a community involved church even further into the community. On second thoughts, I might make a nice laminated card with the poem written in calligraphy.
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