LIFE IS ETERNAL by HELEN STEINER RICE "LIFE IS ETERNAL," THE GOOD LORD SAID, SO DO NOT THINK OF YOUR LOVED ONE AS DEAD FOR DEATH IS ONLY A STEPPING-STONE TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE WE HAVE NEVER KNOWN, A PLACE WHERE GOD PROMISED MAN HE WOULD BE ETERNALLY HAPPY AND SAFE AND FREE, A WONDERFUL LAND WHERE WE LIVE ANEW WHEN OUR JOURNEY ON EARTH IS OVER AND THROUGH SO TRUST GOD AND DOUBT HIM NEVER, FOR ALL WHO LOVE HIM LIVE FOREVER, AND WHILE WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND JUST LET THE SAVIOR TAKE YOUR HAND, FOR WHEN DEATH'S ANGEL COMES TO CALL GOD IS SO GREAT AND WE'RE SO SMALL... AND THERE IS NOTHING YOU NEED FEAR FOR FAITH IN GOD MAKES ALL THINGS CLEAR. LIFE IS ETERNAL AND LOVE IS IMMORTAL AND DEATH IS A GATEWAY- AN ENTRANCE AND PORTAL- INTO A LIFE THAT NO MAN CAN ENVISION, FOR GOD HAS A GREATER PERSPECTIVE AND VISION. H.S.R. O SEND OUT YOUR LIGHT AND YOUR TRUTH; LET THEM LEAD ME; LET THEM BRING ME TO YOUR HOLY HILL AND TO YOUR DWELLING. PSALM 43:3 NRSV YOU BLESS ALL THOSE WHO TRUST YOU, LORD, AND REFUSE TO WORSHIP IDOLS OR FOLLOW FALSE GODS. YOU, LORD GOD, HAVE DONE MANY WONDERFUL THINGS, AND YOU HAVE PLANNED MARVELOUS THINGS FOR US. NO ONE IS LIKE YOU! I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO TELL ALL YOU HAVE DONE. PSALM 40:4-5 CEV AS FOR ME, I WILL BEHOLD THY FACE IN RIGHTEOUSNESS: I SHALL BE SATISFIED, WHEN I AWAKE, WITH THY LIKENESS. PSALM 17:15 KJV YOU SHOW ME THE PATH OF LIFE. IN YOUR PRESENCE THERE IS FULLNESS OF JOY; IN YOUR RIGHT HAND ARE PLEASURES FOREVERMORE. PSALM 16:11 NRS GOD IS IN THAT CITY, AND SO IT WILL NOT BE SHAKEN. GOD WILL HELP HER AT DAWN. PSALM 46:5 NCV YOU HEARD THEIR CRIES FOR HELP AND SAVED THEM. THEY PUT THEIR TRUST IN YOU AND WERE NEVER DISAPPOINTED. PSALM 22:5 NLT I HAVE SET THE LORD CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME; BECAUSE HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN.