Everyone was gone on holidays this weekend, except we weren't. I went to church with a friend to Bethel. There are reasons for this. Martin went to Bruderheim.
Even though the service was sparsely attended due to national holiday, the band at Bethel was ambitious. They tried this song. I have seen this song on a couple of blogs and people say they would like this at their own funerals.
My parents used to sing a little song to each other: "Und wenn ich einmal tot bin, sollst du denken an mich, und abends eh du einschlaefst, aber weinen sollst du nicht." (And when I am dead some day, you shall think of me, and in the evening before you fall asleep,-- but you shall not cry.)
Yes, but we do cry, but not all the time. And we do want to be brave because our Lord lives and he knows our names and he will raise us.
When I go, don't cry for me
In my Father's arms I'll be
The wounds this world left on my soul
Will all be healed and I'll be whole.
Sun and moon will be replaced
With the light of Jesus' face
And I will not be ashamed
For my Savior knows my name.
It don't matter where you bury me,
I'll be home and I'll be free.
It don't matter where I lay,
All my tears be washed away.
Gold and silver blind the eye
Temporary riches lie
Come and eat from heaven's store,
Come and drink, and thirst no more
It don't matter where you bury me
I'll be home and I'll be free
It don't matter where I lay
All my tears be washed away
So, weep not for me my friends,
When my time below does end
For my life belongs to Him
Who will raise the dead again.
It don't matter where you bury me,
I'll be home and I'll be free.
It don't matter where I lay,
All my tears be washed away.
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2 comments:
I loved the song...Thank You!
Hi Nancy. I like the song, too. I wonder if I would chose it for my funeral. It is like a confession of one's faith in a way, that we have all the confidence in our God, and they, they mourners should, too. Yet, when I think about it, I would still rather chose the famous old hymns we chose for our son's funeral, like "Jesus Priceless Treasure", "I am Jesus little lamb".
I think at funerals one wants to be careful not to have these sappy, sentimental songs. I don't think that "All my tears" is sappy, sentimental, at all. It has a great, biblical message.
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