Heaven Home

Heaven Our Home
Hinged through this temporary time
Into the larger chapter of this life of mine

Rooms
Some large, some small
Their size representing blocks of years
Measured by clock and calendar
Mechanized through laughter and tears

I am alone
In this grand home
Rooms vacant of any furnishings
I just left God's throne

This mansion's beauty indescribable
Opulent with ocean view
Fountains spray rainbows on lengthy lawn
On winding path with subtle dew
This is not my lifetime home
But the one my Savior gave form

Here come those I was expecting
There are those who followed
And those that preceded
Me through the Gates of Heaven

They are all carrying a treasured possession
I did not expect this
Jesus leads the placement directions
Stories are shared
Telling the details of the furnishing birth
Fashioned by the moments we shared on earth
Each guest blesses
With laughter, embrace, and kiss

All are accounted for
And now I meet more
Generations of family who interceded
Before the Author of Life
Their prayers carried us all
Through rooms full of strife
Who seeing our worst inclinations
Prayed for us as a united family nation

The list of sur names
Boucher and Kaeterle, Costa
Suprenant, Sowalskie, Michaud
Martin, Gomes and Andrews
Guana, Dearing and Harris
And others still

All of us living with Jesus
This is a thrill
All of us having come through refiners fire
Are beautiful and meant to inspire
Each tear has been wiped from
Crying and laughing cheeks

Our Redeemer
The architect of this Mansion reunion
Invites us to sit,
We share communion
No more tears
For all of us are home
Heaven is now the place
We get to roam