HEAVEN'S FIRST HOUR
(Philippians 1:21& 3:21, Proverbs 14:32, I Corinthians 15:12-16, 35-58)
In death the righteous have refuge,
The departed have no pain,
The upright
find peace and rest;
To die, therefore, is gain.
An end to an earthly
finish,
Is also a heavenly start.
A family of saints await,
As our
earthly kin we depart.
A perfect and glorious body,
Will replace the
one on earth.
From the travail and labor of death,
We're delivered in a
heavenly birth.
So, oh, Death, where is thy sting?
Oh, Death, where is
thy power?
Jesus has swallowed it up forever;
There begins heaven's first
hour.
Becky Wall
