Quiet my soul…
Embraced and hugged, as I behold
Him who stood up from his throne…
To welcome me to my final home…
Entering a garden, flowers all in bloom
And light that does not make me squint is everywhere…
His fragrance fills the room…
Bringing joy and peace with a soft, tender, happy, familiar tune…
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves
We shall come rejoicing bringing in the sheaves…
Faces I knew from long ago, one by one, step up to greet me…
It feels as if I’ve never been anywhere but right here with thee…
How can this be…?
The river runs free…
Mountains and hills are filled with lions and lambs, daffodils and butterflies, dragon flies and bees, buzz all around in fields and trees…
There’s laughter and giggles from little ones and animals talk and walk about, then they stop and look at me…
Lying in ultraviolet colors of grass, I walk on water that looks like glass
They speak, “So glad to meet you…we’re family you know…?”
I wonder at the sight of them, but love just grows and grows,
We know…
We’re all here because of Him…
It’s nothing like I ever dreamed of…the place is full of God’s unending, forgiving, love…
Birds sing holy songs, stories of amazing grace are sung…the air is clean…beautiful and serene…
Quiet my soul; I’m in the presence of the living King…
But it’s nothing new to me…because while I walked the streets below…Jesus was with me wherever I’d go…and now…I truly know…
Home, I’m finally home.
I rest my head, but I’m not tired, upon a living tree
Grateful for the liberty, of how God’s love rescued me…
To live and know without a doubt, I have new life for all eternity…
Alive in the presence of my Father, Son and Holy Spirit…
Open your heart, open your ears and do not fear…
Quiet my soul; there are no more tears…
The crowd is gathered all around, hear the roar and hear the cheer…
A celebration is in the air…
Welcome home my child, and well done…
A kiss is bestowed upon my cheek, someone bends to wash my feet…
A robe is placed upon my shoulders…His signet ring I wear…
A crown is placed upon my head…
I am alive, I am not dead…
We drink the wine and eat the bread…
No more need to remember…for we live in the moment
Forever…
~Marla Shaw O’Neill May 8, 2018
Matthew 25:21 King James Version (KJV) His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
