I went to Fruitland Township to a cemetery there
they had the Memorial service, I sat on a cold folding chair
A prayer was prayed, a speech was spoken, and the Boy Scouts raised the flag
old men in uniforms marched up and fired guns with quite a bang
This was the same place and service my mother brought me to
when I was just a boy and all the world seemed new
Years later I would take my mom here on Memorial day
because she was getting old and it was just better that way
Now I sit- a gray haired man not far from the graves
of mom and dad and other relatives of bye gone days
Although we never know the time we have left here on earth
the countdown of the seconds, minutes, hours, and days begins at our birth
So when the time is up and we leave everything we know
I want to be sure there is a place for my soul to go
That's why I trust a loving God to lead me every day
because someday when this body dies he will take my soul away
To a place where wars will be no more for peace will be the norm
pain and death will not be there- I even doubt that it will storm
The light will come from God himself, no need for sun or moon
the measurement of time will stop, nothing will be late or soon
Then we will thank our Great God for giving us new life
for rescuing our battered souls from all this earthly strife
So while you think of life and death on this Memorial Day
think also of the God above who can show your soul the way
He sent his Son to die for us, he paid the penalty
for in that darkest hour all our sins hung on that tree
God's anger at our sin was once and forever satisfied
but that's not all that happened, it didn't end when Jesus died
It really was just the beginning for he rose again we know
eternal life for all believers is what the resurrection shows
So my prayer for everyone today that reads these simple lines
is to think of life and death and God and be sure eternal life you find
