God looked around His garden
And He found an empty place.
He then looked down upon this earth
And saw your tired face.
He put His arms around you
And lifted you to rest.
God’s garden must be beautiful;
He always takes the best.
He knew that you were suffering.
He knew you were in pain.
He knew that you would never
Get well on earth again.
He saw the road was getting rough,
And the hills were hard to climb.
So He closed your weary eyelids,
And whispered “Peace be thine”.
It broke our heart to lose you,
But you did not go alone.
For part of us went with you
The day God called you home.
I wanted to share with you this beautiful and fitting poem which was placed on the back of the memorial cards at the funeral services for Faith Hope. I would love to give credit to the author, but sadly, as I search the Web, the author is unknown.
I have no clue who the author is but this poem was placed on my father’s obituary in 1985. So it’s a very old poem.
I used this at my father’s funeral too. I would love to know who it was written by. It’s such a beautiful poem and it fit so well.
My mothers grandmother died (my great grandmother). it was really sad and i miss her! though i think it was in january she would’ve turned 90 so she lived a long life. it was so beautiful at the fact that she died as we were praying for her.
This is such a beautiful poem. It is so well fitting to someone who had just lost a loved one. This was actually left at my dad’s obituary too when I was 12 and I fell in love with this poem!
This is gorgeous. I have spent ages trying to find a more fitting poem to read at my great-grandmother’s funeral, which is taking place on monday. I can’t find a better one. It’s perfect. I wish I knew who the author was.