Saturday, June 25, 2005

THE GIFT OF BRAND NEW LIFE...


God looked around His garden and saw an empty place
He then looked down upon the earth and saw your tired face
He put His arms around you
And lifted you to rest.
He knew the road was getting rough
And the hills were too hard to climb
He knew that you were suffering
He knew that you were in pain.
He knew that you wouldn't get well on earth again
So He closed your weary eyelids
And whispered tenderly, "Peace be with you!"
It broke our hearts to lose you
But you didn't go alone
For part of us went with you
The day God called you home.

A poem dedicated to my beloved granddad who went home to be with the Lord on de 21/6/05, four days after giving his life to Jesus… The first thought that crossed my mind was, “All praise & glory to the Father that he has now joined the family of Christ in the heavenlies!! And though his family back in KT insisted on a Buddhist style funeral, we all knew for sure where he is right now…

Immediately after getting a call from my mom, saying that he has migrated to heaven, we started getting ready for a trip back to my hometown. He has changed since the last time I saw him… Sweet memories of him started flooding my mind… How, as a young girl, he used to pamper me with so much care & love… Being his eldest grandchild, he really “sayang” me a lot, not that he doesn’t love or treasure the rest of his grandchildren… I’ll definitely miss him much… He’ll definitely be dearly remembered as the caring, happy-go-lucky person he has been when he was alive… But then again, I take comfort in the fact that Jesus loves him more than anyone of us, and wants him to enjoy better life in heaven!!

The whole ceremony was seriously freaky… A noisy one, it is… With all the chantings and “tik-toking” sounds, gosh… We were juz quietly sitting behind everyone, praying even harder for the spirit of God to surround my granddad, as he lay peacefully there, for “Greater is He who is in us, than he who is in the world…” I also found that because of all these happenings & rituals, my aunts were praying harder than before… I just pray that their faith in Him will continue to stay strong!!

The next day was the burial… I was trying to keep my composure at the beginning, but couldn’t hold it anymore, especially when they were lowering the coffin… For I know I will definitely miss him... And after they were done with the Chinese style, my dad took the lead in a last prayer for my granddad… Knowing
that he is now in a better place, and in good hands… Leaving that place, I learnt something… He left behind a life of great example, worth following…

I LOVE U, GRANDPA!!

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