Walking to Heaven

As I walk up to the Pearly Gates,
My thoughts rest upon you,
For I see your life without me,
I feel your grief too.

I see your tear streaked face,
I hear your lonely thoughts,
As we have our meeting, the meeting
from heart to heart.

Ahead of me there is a light,
It shines so bright and clear,
It beckons to me, calls my heart,
A voice says, "Come near, Come here."

As my feet trod across the space,
Between me and this beautiful place,
I'm shown things you wouldn't now believe,
I understand things that before
I couldn't conceive!

I reach out and grasp the gate handle of gold,
It swings wide open,
I step through and behold!

If you could only see what I now see,
You would no longer cry,
You would no longer grieve.

For where I am is splendor,
A place of beauty so rare,
A place of love and joy,
It's description beyond word,
beyond compare.

Again I hear the voice,
The one that calls my name,
As my eyes fall upon Him,
I know I'll never be the same.

His arms stretch before Him,
For a welcoming embrace,
He glows with the light of love,
And all truth is upon His face.

All pain is  gone from me,
I experience only love,
It is so much better then
I ever dreamed of!

All around me there is music,
Songs of angels everywhere,
And now I see to the ends of rainbows,
And I smell flowers in the air!

There is no need to grieve,
I have not left you,
I did not leave,...

For I am in the warmth of the breeze,
I am in the blue of the sky,
I am in the shade of the trees,
I am in the tears that you cry.

We will be reunited when
your purpose on earth is done,
When you too are welcomed into
the embrace of the Son.

For now you must stay,
Others need you there,
To help them learn so many things,
To share...and to care.

So please don't shed tears for me,
Or miss me so in vain,
For I fulfilled my purpose,
For which to earth I came.

Now the gate is closed behind me,
Rejoice with me in glee,
And know I never leave you,
I never cease to be.
Written by ©Val Ekholm 8-18-00