Afterlife

THE AFTERLIFE As I come to the end of my life, Its toil and struggle and strife, There waits for me a new plain Where I will be living again. No, I will not reincarnate; I’ll live in eternity’s state. The prospect seems awesome and strange; The location surely will change, But wherever then I will be I’ll live there for eternity. Right now I am dealing with time, And it seems like I never can find Sufficient of it for the chores And a hefty amount that’s left o’er. There’s so much that I want to do, To hear and to have and to view; If I got all I wanted to get, It would leave me with mountains of debt. It’s here that I have to control The longings and lusts of my soul. It’s here that such evil I find In the hearts and the minds of mankind. It’s here I have limits and bounds And times when I’m up or I’m down. It’s here that I doctor my ills With surgery, treatments, or pills. It’s here that my ears and my eyes Hear and see things that may not be wise. And the troubles some see since their birth Make them think that their hell is on earth. But some day life’s door will then close, We’ll go to the place that we chose, And no time then to go back again, For then time has come to an end. No stopover place for a time Till heaven has a place there to find. Where’er we awake we will stay For all of eternity’s day. Some day yes all of mankind Will wake with an eternal mind. There time as down here we did know Is one endless life where we go. This may be all fiction, you say, There is no more life far away, But if you go through life with that thought, Imagine your distress if you’re caught By death’s grip and you find it was true-- There was life when this one was through. Then while you are suffering in hell, You’ll surely want someone to tell! But if you believe in a place That you’ll go to at end of life’s race, And find when you die, you just die, There’s no heaven or hell by and by, There’s no harm done if you were deceived, But great harm if you do not believe And wake up some day very soon To eternal damnation and doom. Yes, life may be a gamble at best, But eternity isn’t a jest. It’s best now to really prepare To spend it in heaven so fair. The way, friend, is simple to find: Love God with your heart, soul, and mind, Trust Jesus to save you from sin, And live every day then for Him. As you come to the end of your life, Its toil and struggle and strife, There waits for you a new plain Where you will be living again. I hope that I’ll see you up there In heaven’s great mansions so fair Where trials and troubles all cease And we live forever in peace.