Tag: Grief
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No Place to Lay My Flowers
This poem was first published in May 2013 after the loss of our third child, Ezekiel Lee. No place to lay my flowers, No place to hang my head, Instead for many hours, I grieve inside instead. No stones to pay remembrance, Or dates to commemorate, The day, the hour, the moment, You walked thru heaven’s gate. Yet, etched upon my…
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Beautiful Death
This poem was first written and published after the loss of our 3rd child, Ezekiel Lee. Beautiful death, beautiful pain,Bringing me to my knees again.God is, God was, He’ll always be;Through my joy or in my grief.Will I dwell in darkness there?Hide my face in despair,Or through my tears, will I fall,Praising He who’s Lord…
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Even So
Many American Christians know the lyrics well. Either they were sung from an old hymn book, or from words projected onto a screen in a more “modern” way. The words have stayed the same. “When peace, like a river, attendeth my way. When sorrows like sea billows roll…” Many of those people know the story…
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May my Grief and Praise be One
November is always my time of pondering things on life, death, and God in the midst of it. It’s this month that my grandpa died. It’s this month that we would be celebrating Ezekiel Lee’s birthday. This year he would have been nine. The fall before we lost Ezekiel, I remember driving and looking at…
From Ashes to Glory 