There’s an empty seat where you would be

Though you are there in memory

I think about you, every now and then

And I look forward to seeing you again

There’s a laugh that’s missing at family get togethers

We think when we’re young, we’ll have everyone forever

But time moves on and eventually our time comes to an end

But I still think of you every now and then

I think of how things would be, if you were still here

But you’re memory I hold very near and dear

I smile at the thought of the joy that you would bring

And how you’d love to see some of these things

Though God is good and the time away from you

Is not forever, this I do hold true

I know someday I too will go, though I may not know when

But I still think of you, every now and then

Erin Fitts-Brower

Every now and then

Revelation 21:4 NIV

‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

Matthew 5:4 NIV

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 NIV

Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words.