Gift From Above

What can I feel? What do I feel?
I feel the most profound loss.
I feel angry, I feel cross.
What else can I feel?
What else can a person feel, when their Dad dies?
Yes, my Dad slowly died before my eyes.
He is no longer here with me today.
I watched him slowly fade away.
Lord, it is to your grace, and mercy that I appeal.
To help me, with this overwhelming anguish and pain I feel.
I bring before you Lord my broken heart.
Please mend and heal it, for it fell apart.
Lord, use this brokenness, use this pain
That out of such loss, I may find gain.
From my father I received true love.
My father was a gift from above.
Let our strong bond and love shine bright, and never dim.
Change my anguish, to gratefulness for all the wonderful things I was able to share and learn from him.
Please help me hold on to my hope and faith with all of my might.
Change the void left in my heart, to joy from knowing that we will reunite.
Let me rejoice, in the fullness of the life he lived; don’t let me feel so sad.
Bring to mind Lord, all the good times that we had.
Dad, your life’s message was conveyed by your living example, never by empty words or promises that were never kept.
That is why it is so hard to let you go, and that is why I have wept and wept.
Help me Lord to understand, that his departure, I must accept.
My Dad’s body may have withered and died before my eyes.
But he lives on forever, and where he is now, there are no more cries.
This man my father, was a soft spoken man.
He taught me, in all I strive for, to give it all I can.
We will one day meet again; we will.
It’s your promise Lord, and what you say, you always fulfill.

Ana Cecilia Petersen
Thank you Lord, for the gift of everlasting life!