Beautiful Eulogy

There used to be a time when we were fine

Living life with no particular religious bend

Pretending to be our own gods

Inventing our own systems of belief so as to not depend

On anything other than our own self-governing consent

Defending an impending doom with no perceived need

To concede or repent, presuming our innocence in a sense to sin;

The sting of death was only the inevitable end

Of everything we could never rightly understand or comprehend

We used to fear the unknown 'til God made himself known

And atoned, mending the relationship between God and men

Giving His life as a ransom for many when He died and ascended

And in that one event the certainty of eternal death was circumvented

Making a way for the day when history stops and time suspends

Spending eternity in fellowship that never ends

We see the greatest expression of God's love extended in that moment

When those who were once enemies instead became God's friends

And when it's my time to go

Go ahead and take me home

I know I'll be with you

I know I'll be with you;

When it is my time to go

Go ahead and take me home

Nowhere that I'd rather go

I wanna be with you

How sweet the Gospel sounds to ears like mine

Well acquainted with pain and strained relationships

Friendships that suffer from long distances

Or even worse they get severed from something more severe

And He still hasn't wiped away all my tears yet

My cheeks get wet every now and then

Even when I give my best, I know I fall short

I get scared when the ball's in my court

Focused on my performance, wretched and poor

It makes the message more real when I preach it

I'm not there yet so I'm reaching, reaching for a goal:

To stand before my King and be speechless

Then, never again will I question if His grace is sufficient to cover my sin

Cause death is gone, and all the effects of evil and wrong

Will be conquered when His Kingdom comes

So this is my hope and my prayer

The air that I'll breathe in eternity with lungs that never fail me

If it pleases my Lord, and only by Your grace

Use my life 'til it's poured out for Your sake

Until then I'll remain where You have me

With joy when I feel unhappy

And a peace that surpasses all my understanding

My life is in the hands of Your love everlasting

And when it's my time to go

Go ahead and take me home

I know I'll be with you

I know I'll be with you;

When it is my time to go

Go ahead and take me home

Nowhere that I'd rather go

I wanna be with you

And when it's my time to go

Go ahead and take me home

I know I'll be with you

I know I'll be with you;

When it is my time to go

Go ahead and take me home

Nowhere that I'd rather go

I wanna be with you