This Is Not The End

I think it was when we were driving back from Seattle in October.

We were listen to Gungor's Ghosts Upon the Earth and - without any warning or context - Marie blurts out "I want this song played at my funeral."

Yikes.

Not exactly conversation starter material.

The lyrics are simple enough, yet a soothing reminder of what is to come. There is life - real life, greater life - on the other side of death.

Thus, we grieve and lament in absence as we hope and trust in reunion. For in Christ there are no good-byes. Only see-you-laters. 

And by the way, Marie was totally right. This would be the perfect song to sing at any funeral where the hope of heaven is found.

This is not the end
This is not the end of this
We will open our eyes wide, wider

This is not our last
This is not our last breath
We will open our mouths wide, wider

And you know you'll be alright
Oh and you know you'll be alright

This is not the end
This is not the end of us
We will shine like the stars bright, brighter

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Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
~ 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed — in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
~ 1 Corinthians 15:51-52

Happy Listening

- Andrew