Goodbye
The parting greeting we exchange
Is beautiful – ‘Goodbye.’
The thoughts and feelings it evokes
Can make us laugh and cry.
Goodbye is from the longer phrase
‘God bless ye’ as we part –
A benediction and a prayer,
A blessing from the heart.
On one hand is the happy part:
Recalling from the past
The times of fun and fellowship
We’ve shared – they went so fast.
But on the other hand it means
Our paths go separate ways,
And for a season we won’t share
Those pleasant, happy days.
Yet by it we profess our hope
That God goes with us both
To guide us to a certain end –
As certain as His oath.
For when we say goodbye we know
The Lord will call His own
To meet forever in the air
And gather round his throne.
Goodbye, dear friend, until we meet
Above or sooner here
To share what blessings God will send
The days between to cheer.
Christina Joy Hommes
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