There is Eternity to Understand

I read this article today and It really touched my heart this day.  I am thankful this day for this beautiful world and all that is in it. I wish you a Happy Day!

 

 

 

There is Eternity to Understand

By Janice Kapp Perry

So many times in my life I have seen wonderful, faithful Saints blindsided by tragedies that threaten to undermine the very foundations of their faith: Two beautiful daughters are killed by a drunken driver on their way to sing at a friend’s mission farewell; a beloved child leaves home to live an alternative lifestyle and returns to his parents’ home dying of AIDS; an Aaronic priesthood holder becomes addicted to drugs and his promising life is wasted; one spouse in a covenant marriage learns that the other has been unfaithful and is unrepentant; the parents of a teenager learn that their son has taken his own life.
I know people who have experienced these tragedies and many others and have observed their desperate struggle to find some meaning in what has happened that would bring them peace of mind and understanding. Some have lost their faith and been unable to recover spiritually. Some live the rest of their lives asking the futile question “why?” And some are spiritually strengthened by tragedy.
Some heartaches can never be explained or understood, and for our lifetime we have to just hold on through all the hopelessness we feel, trusting that there is no earthly sorrow that heaven cannot heal.
There is Eternity (JKP, 1992)
(album:  “In the  Arms of His Love”)

Trials come on any days
They come in unexpected ways
‘Til sorrow seems more than the heart can hold
A broken dream, a loved one lost

Too deep the hurt, too high the cost
And questions stir within a troubled soul
But some heartaches just can never be explained
And no caring words can take away the pain
And just one saving thought remains

    There is eternity to know the reason why
    There is eternity for blessings now denied
    There will our sorrows cease
    There we’ll find lasting peace
    Just hold on through all the hopelessness you feel
    There is no earthly sorrow heaven cannot heal

Trials come to everyone,
From out of nowhere heartaches come
Where is the hand that heals and holds us up
A faithless love, a broken trust
A wound so painful, so unjust
And deep inside we cry, “It is too much!”
But some heartaches just can never be explained
And no caring words can take away the pain
And just one saving thought remains

    There is eternity to heal a broken heart
    There is eternity where loved ones never part
    There we will understand
    The Father’s loving plan
    Just hold on through all the hopelessness you feel
    There is no earthly sorrow heaven cannot heal

When hurt confuses me, my faith renews in me
One quiet thought that soothes my soul and carries me:
The Father knows my need
He answers when I plead,
“There is eternity.”