When I’m Gone

I passed by a grave today

I bowed my head to pray

“I sure hope they knew Your love

Before their life was done.”

I don’t expect a big ole’ plot

I’d prefer they place a cross

I pray I carried it well

And pulled a many from Hell.

Perhaps there are many that might come

To pay their respects with sweet love

But I’d rather you listen close now

So I’ll see you in Heavens dear cloud.

A good person, see, I could never be

For all I am Christ has given me

And when it is time to lie down

I hope there’s nothing left but His crown.

Remember me when you speak His name

Of the love I shared and His precious ways

Oh, let me tell you how you can live

With Heaven as Home with Him.

Reminisce of His faithful heart

And how He helped me with my own scars

Sometimes it was ugly indeed

Yet, His blood washed me forever clean.

I pray you’ll talk about how

It seemed I was different somehow

For my former self died one day

I tried to learn to die every day.

I’d like to be known just as “kind”

For Christ has the gentlest eyes

And I’ve found the louder one screams

Rarely, does it draw Him sheep.

Feel free to talk of my pains

How there were times I made huge mistakes

But Jesus would pour mercy and grace

And pick me back up for the race.

When I’m gone it will be then too late

For me to tell you how I was saved

In short, I received His gift of grace

And in Me He came to live and stay.

I gave Him my life in exchange

For the death He suffered in shame

For my sin did open His grave

But He died to again be raised.

He took a little girl with no name

Adopted her and called her to reign

We sailed to adventurous days

Where joy was in His sweet embrace.

I didn’t even know how to “be”

I simply heard, “Come, follow me.”

And my nets I dropped very quickly

When I’m gone, please remember these things.

And if I should die before I wake

Don’t worry, it’ll be no mistake

For I will have finished my race

And I’ll be with my Jesus face to face.

August 30, 2018