I Would Not Have You Grieve For Me Today Poem by Ginny Allen

I would not have you grieve for me today
Nor weep beside my vacant chair,
Could you but know my daily portion here,
You would not, could not, wish me there.

I know why He said, 'Ear hath not heard.'
I have no words, no alphabet,
Or even if I had, I dare not tell,
Because you could not bear it yet.

So, only this...I am the same, though changed.
Like Him! A joy more rich and strong
Than I had dreamed that any heart could hold,
And all my life is one glad song.

Sometimes when you are talking to our Lord
He turns and speaks to me...Dear heart,
In that rare moment you and I are just
The distance of a word apart!

And so, my loved ones, do not grieve for me
Around the family board today;
Instead, rejoice, for we are one in Him
And so I am not far away.

My father, Rev. J. Samuel Phillips, a pastor, used this poem in funerals. Author unknown.
Submitted by Rev. Ginny Phillips Allen