J.M.J.

AS YOU HAVE LIVED

WEEP NOT NOR MOURN NOW FOR THE DEAD;

SPEND TIME WITH GOD IN PRAYER INSTEAD.

ALL THOSE WHO STILL ON EARTH REMAIN

THRU PRAYER WILL LEARN TO BEAR THEIR PAIN.

GOD KNOWS THE CHOSEN TIME AND PLACE

WHEN HE WILL JUDGE YOU FACE TO FACE.

AND BY THE LIFE YOU CHOSE TO LIVE,

GOD WILL CONDEMN OR WILL FORGIVE.

AS YOU HAVE LIVED SO SHALL IT BE;

YOU’LL CHOOSE YOUR OWN ETERNITY.

WASTE NOT THIS TIME AS YOU PREPARE;

THERE MAY BE NO MORE TIME TO SPARE.

“THY WILL BE DONE”

4-10-1995

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(THE POEM WAS RECEIVED EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE DEATH OF THE RECIPIENT’S FATHER.)