Saturday, November 25, 2023

The only scars in heaven (Cicero / Casting Crowns)

The love you gave in life keeps
people alive beyond their time.
Anyone who was given love
will always live on in another’s heart.

--Marcus Tullius Cicero 

If I had only known the last time would be the last time
I would've put off all the things I had to do
I would've stayed a little longer, held on a little tighter
Now what I'd give for one more day with you
'Cause there's a wound here in my heart where something's missing
And they tell me that it's gonna heal with time
But I know you're in a place where all your wounds have been erased
And knowing yours are healed is healing mine 

The only scars in Heaven, they won't belong to me and you
There'll be no such thing as broken, and all the old will be made new
And the thought that makes me smile now, even as the tears fall down
Is that the only scars in Heaven are on the hands that hold you now 

I know the road you walked was anything but easy
You picked up your share of scars along the way
Oh, but now you're standing in the sun,
you've fought your fight and your race is run
The pain is all a million miles away 

Refrain 

Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, for the hands that hold you now
There's not a day goes by that I don't see you
You live on in all the better parts of me
Until I'm standing with you in the sun,
I'll fight this fight and this race I'll run 
Until I finally see what you can see, oh-oh

Refrain

In November we remember All Souls… 

To hear Casting Crowns sing Scars in Heaven, click on the video below: 

Image source: Jacques Stella, Risen Christ Appearing to the Virgin, oil on onyx (ca. 1640), http://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2020/05/paintings-on-agate-onyx-marble-slate.html
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