To Mike:

AN ENEMY HAS DONE THIS

When life is strange And it seems that all is lost Know that God loves you and you are redeemed at great cost When your body is wracked with pain and your beauty has withered away When your mother's heart is aching and the hand of death you cannot stay, Know that this is not of God and your faith is not amiss Jesus said when here on earth, "An enemy has done this". God created you in love and pronounced that all is good A garden trove He gave to us to tend, enjoy and give us food. The evil one came all to soon and lured our parents with his lies A wilderness it soon became no more the endless paradise But Jesus would not leave it so, His heavenly throne He cast aside To prove to us that God is love and it is Satan who has lied. The angels wept and watched Him leave the heavenly chambers for this earth, Walk as a man these evil streets and suffer scorn, to prove our worth. He counted as nought His heavenly throne His heart rested not as darkness befell He could not leave us to die in despair The love of God He had to tell. In form like us he held our hands, He wiped our brows, and fed us well; He spoke in words we'd understand and claimed us from the depths of hell. Sinless on the cross He died, lay in the dark grave incorrupt, Rose in victory with joy untold came forth from the tomb as the sun came up! The father whose aching heart awaited His beloved Son's return Accepted the gift of His perfect life a redemption from the wages of sin. He's coming again with his angels soon For the redeemed who alive and remain; For those who have died in faith and hope to dine at the supper of the Lamb. "Death where is thy victory? O grave where is thy sting." Banished forever with pain and tears HALLELUJAH TO OUR KING!

In loving memory 7-28-96 from one who knew you not long enough Carol Bekersky