April 21, 2011
September 16, 2011
Taking the Days
I know you’ll soon be going home,
that the day is nearer than we hope
but today you are here, today we can love
taking these days you remain
time is not ours to give and take
we have no charge of its speed and end
but today we have time, today we’ll enjoy
taking these days you remain
none but God know tomorrow’s end
nothing for us but to wait and trust
but today we have you, today we’ll rejoice
taking these days you remain
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all too sudden that day will come
yet tears show only passing grief
only today will we mourn this fearsome loss
ours are the days that endure
despite this pain our hope stands firm
on Him who’s love is beyond all thought
only today we suffer pain and sorrow
ours are the days that endure
My father is sick, quite sick,
with more wrong than can be fixed.
A cold could kill him before we know.
Every day he wakes again is a gift
before we say our last good-bye.
Last two verses added 09/12/2011