October 15, 2010

My Journey to God

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Into each life, we know sorrow will come.
Only heaven is eternal,
For this Earth is not our home.

If only we had not loved someone so much.
Then we could bear to let them go,
And we would never know the heartache
That now hurts us so.

But God had never promised us
That we would not feel pain.
He never said it would be easy
When he called us by our names.

This transitory, earthly life
Is really all we know,
But through the eyes of faith,
We see we have so far to go.

With eyes of faith, we see the cross,
The symbol of salvation, but also of pain.
The life of our dear Jesus is the cost
For an everlasting gain.

We see the sorrowful Mother.
She also shares our tears.
We can come to her for comfort.
We can give her all our fears.

We know the Savior conquered death
So we know our loved one lives.
Help us to feel the comfort of the Father’s love,
And all the peace God gives.

And someday we will see them again
In everlasting light.
On that day, we will laugh and sing
And love will conquer night.

And until that day, we pray that God
Will help us walk this road,
A road of sorrow, yes, but also love,
The love of Jesus and Mother Mary
As they guide us from above.

By Gina Langferman

(Gina Langferman is a member of St. Barnabas Parish in Indianapolis. She wrote this poem on Sept. 15, 2010, the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows.) †

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