A Time to Heal

A time to heal, a time to recover
From all relentless stress you’ve been under
There is a time for everything of this I am sure
A time to laugh, a time to build a time to mourn

And yet you will walk through this valley, but not alone
Deep in the thick of it, no answers can be known
Trying to make sense of it all, understand and reason
You will laugh again, it’s only for a season

For when time seems cut short, there is only one way to go
Accepting what we can’t understand, so we may continue to grow
It hurts to let go, but you can’t hold on and recieve
Just a little at a time, that is the process of grief
Like trying to move a mountain one shovel at a time
It’s seem futile and endless, yet peace you will find
Letting go and taking in, each day it repeats
For this is the way you should walk, this is grief

It’s the cost of having loved, then having to move on
With others whom you assumed would walk alongside are now gone
It hurts, it is painful, yet that’s the cost of having loved
No easy way about it, for time is never enough

There is no good time to experience loss, not on this side of heaven at least
And everyone will have their own measure of joy, sorrow and grief
And when it knocks on your door, believe me it will
Remember the words that I wrote, stand silent and still

Let the waves crash over and lean into them
And when they receded they will come again
Loss isn’t something you get over, that could never be true
You learn to live a different life, carrying them with you

The sun will shine again, you will feel the warmth of its embrace
Keep moving forward each day, relying on God’s grace
His promises are true, weeping may last for a night
But his joy will soon return again, restoring your weary sight