This Life Goes On, And Must...

Ps.34:1-5 BSB I will bless the LORD at all times;His praise will always be on my lips.My soul boasts in the LORD;let the oppressed hear and rejoice.Magnify the LORD with me;let us exalt His name together.I sought the LORD, and He answered me;He delivered me from all my fears.Those who look to Him are radiant with joy,their faces shall never be ashamed... I told my daughter I'm beginning to understandwhen people who lost a loved one would say it feels cruel to resume The Ordinary,and yet, we mustbecause life goes on It is Harvest Season... This life goes on, and mustThe common call of TaskCompels our frames of dust-to-dustGod helps us, if we ask His faultless sympathyWill strengthen and sustainHis promises, the hope of weWho suffer grief and pain His all-sufficient graceAnd love will never failUntil the final resting placeOf this tent of travail What sweet assurance poursGod’s blessings never ceaseGoodness and mercy’s fount restoresThe soul to perfect peace …where loss precedes a GainFaith secures in BeliefParting tears flow, but not in vainHope reigns in spite of grief This life goes on and mustWhat we need God providesAnd so in him we place our trustHis changeless love abides Janet Martin