When I am gone, release me, let me go You mustn't tie yourself to me with tears Be happy we had so many years.

I gave you my love, you can only guess How much you gave me in happiness. I thank you for the love you have shown, But now it is time I traveled alone. So grieve a while for me, if grieve you must, Then let your grief be comforted by trust. It is only for a while that we must part. So bless the memories that lie within your heart. I won't be far away, for life goes on, But if you need me, call and I will come. Though you can't see or touch me, I'll be near And if you listen with your heart, you'll hear My love around you, soft and clear. And then when you must come this way alone, I'll greet you with a smile and "Welcome Home." ~A Message for You from Heaven~

"Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it

were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. ~John 14:1-3~

Have you ever lost a loved one? Are you feeling lonely and sad?

Do the tears seem to drop down your face? Yet you don't know why or you just can't understand it. I understand. My brother Billy is in heaven. I miss him very much. I love him. He was killed in a tragic car accident. I received a lovely verse in my email that I thought needed to be shared. It really blessed my heart and I hope it will comfort you the way it comforted me.

If you know someone hurting and in grief this Christmas please share this with them. Hold them, hug them and just let them cry. It really does help. Sometimes words can get in the way. Being near them and letting them know you love them really does make a difference.

I really do understand the pain that Christmas can bring.

You have so many mixed emotions and sometimes they can overwhelm you. Tears can be healing to our hearts and souls. This year might be very hard for you. I hope that this page may bring you some comfort. Let the tears come..........it really is ok. So enjoy this page: ~A Message for You from Heaven~

I hope you enjoy this lovely verse that I received from a friend.

I see the countless Christmas Trees around the world below, with tiny lights, like heaven's stars, reflecting on the snow. The sight is so spectacular, please wipe away that tear, for I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year. I hear the many Christmas songs that people hold so dear,but the sounds of music can't compare with the Christmas choir up here. I have no words to tell you, the joy their voices bring, for it is beyond description, to hear the angels sing. I know how much you miss me. I see the pain inside your heart, but I am not so far away. We really aren't apart. So be happy for me dear ones. You know I hold you dear, and be glad I'm spending Christmas, with Jesus Christ this year. I send you each a special gift, from my heavenly home above. I send you each a memory, of my undying love. After all "Love" is the gift, more precious than pure gold. It was always most import in the stories Jesus told. Please love and keep each other, as my Father said to do, for I can't count the blessing or love he has for each of you. So, have a Merry Christmas and wipe away that tear. Remember, I'm spending Christmas, with Jesus Christ this year. ~Author Unknown~

First Christmas In Heaven

I've had my first Christmas in Heaven A glorious wonderful day! I stood with saints of the ages

Who found Christ, the Truth, and the Way I sang the glad songs of redemption, How Jesus to Bethlehem came, And how they had called His name Jesus, That all might be saved through His name. We sang once again with the angels, The song that they sang that blest morn, When shepherds first heard the glad story That Jesus, the Saviour, was born. O, dear one, I wish you had been here: No Christmas on earth could compare With all the rapture and glory We witness in Heaven so fair. You know how I always loved Christmas; It seemed such a wonderful day, With all of my loved ones around me, The children so happy and gay. Yes, now I can see why I loved it, And, Oh, what a joy it will be, When all of my loved ones are with me, To share in the glories I see. So dear ones on earth, here's my greeting: Look up till the day dawn appears, And, Oh, what a Christmas awaits us, Beyond all our partings and tears. ~Author Unknown~

The Dark Candle

By Odain A man had a little daughter--an only and much beloved child. He lived only for her, she was his

life. So when she became ill and her illness resisted the efforts of the best obtainable physicians, he became like a man possessed, moving heaven and earth to bring about her restoration to health. His best efforts proved fruitless unavailing, however, and the child died. The father was totally irreconciliable. He became a bitter recluse, shutting himself away from his many friends refusing every activity that might restore his poise and bring him back to his normal self. Then one night he had a dream. He was in heaven, and witnessing a grand pageant of all the little child angels. They were marching in an apparently endless line past the Great White Throne. Every white-robed, angelic tot carried a candle. He noticed, however, that one child's candle was not lit. Then he saw that the child with the dark candle was his own little girl. Rushing towards her, while the pageant faltered, he seized her in his arms, caressed her tenderly, and asked, "How is that your candle is the only one not lit?" "Father, they often relight it, but your tears always put it out again," she said. Just then he awoke from from his dream. The lesson was crystal clear, and it's effects were immediate. From that hour on he was no longer a recluse, but mingled freely and cheerfully with his former friends and associates. No longer would his little darling's candle be extingushed by his useless tears.

"To All Parents"

By Edgar A. Guest

"I'll lend you for a little time a,child of mine," He said, "For you to love the while he lives...and mourn when he's dead; It may be six or seven years, or twenty-two or three... But will you...till I call him back,take care of him for me? He'll bring his charms to gladden you; and shall his stay be brief, You'll have his lovely memories as solace for your grief." "I cannot promise he will stay, since all from earth return, But there are lessons taught down there, I want this child to learn; I've looked the wide world over, in my search for a teacher true, And from the throngs that crowd life's lane...I have selected you. Now you will give him all your love, nor think the labor vain? Not hate me when I come to call to take him back again? "I fancied that I heard you say, 'Dear Lord, Thy will be done!' For all the joy thy child shall bring, The risk of grief we'll run... We'll shelter him with tenderness, we'll love him while we may, And for the happiness we've known, forever grateful stay; But shall the angels call for him...much sooner than we've planned, We'll brave the grief that comes...and try to understand!!!

You've been on my mind and heart. I see you struggling and planning, worrying and sweating, crying and running, at a furious pace. You're trying to move that mountain by yourself again, hun? God asks that we cast all our cares on Him because He cares. Think about what your worrying says to God when you refuse to give things over to Him. When you worry about money, you're telling Him that He is unable to provide for His children...although He has riches beyond belief in Heaven, He is too stingy to share them with you. When you worry that you will not have enough food, you're telling Him that although He rained down bread from Heaven in the desert to feed His children, you are the one He's forgotten. When you worry that your enemies will have victory over you, you're telling God that although He has given you spiritual battle gear to defend yourself, that despite His track record of being a giant slayer, Red Sea divider, lion mouth closer and a furnace cooler, He can't handle your co-workers, your neighbor or a former friend. When you worry that your children have decided to follow the world instead of your example, you're telling God that he doesn't keep His promises...that despite the fact that you have raised them up in the way they should go, they'll stray because basically he lied. When you worry because the doctors told you that children are impossible, that a cure is impossible, that healing is impossible, you're telling Him that this world controls your fate. You're saying that prayer time with Him is merely something to pass the time. You're saying that although He can raise the dead, make a virgin conceive, open the womb of a woman well past eight, heal a twelve year issue of blood, make the blind see and the lame walk, He can't help you. When you worry that you won't be able to do enough to earn forgiveness, you're telling Him "that's ok Lord, no need for your Son to die, I can earn my own forgiveness." Let's just act like Jesus never died, and tell Him never mind, that He doesn't need to go to the cross. When you worry that no one will love you, that you'll be lonely for the rest

of your life, your're telling Him than His love is insufficient, that He couldn't possibly love you enough to ward away loneliness. You're saying that; although He has promised life more abundantly, He was lying that despite the fact that He started off saying that it is not good that we be alone, He's changed His mind. When you worry and refuse to give the problem over to Him, you're telling Him that although He could create the world, He can't handle what's going on in your world, so you will. You are saying that He won't work things out, that obstacles cannot be overcome, what is lost will not be found, that joy does not come in the morning, that He is not the God of a second chance, that the promised land has been swallowed up by the desert, that you have discovered the height, depth and width of His love and found to fall short of your needs. Think about all that you're saying to the one who loves you the most and who has all power, really think about it. Then open your hands and release what you've been holding onto. Bow down on your knees and ask Him to forgive you for doubting Him. Walk away with a peaceful heart and note the footsteps that go before you to make the crooked places straight, a way in the wilderness, and water springing forth in the desert. Stand in a stream with waters around your ankles, the waters that pass by you at that moment, you will never see again, so it is with the misery that has challenged your life..let if go, let it pass away." "Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus." Colossians 3:1l7!