Monday, March 15, 2010
Viimeiset veneet - Part 5 (The End)
And it's been quite a while, again. Particularly long time since the Part 4 of the topic. This last stanza of my favourite (funeral) song has been in my mind quite often, just never managed to finish this blog series. It's been busy times.
But, here we go again, on this sunny Finnish Spring Monday, it's good time to reflect. Here are the words of the last stanza:
Jääkää siis hyvästit ystävät rakkaat, taivaassa vasta kai kohdataan.
|: Siellä ei kanteleet soimasta lakkaa, hyvästi sanaa ei tunnetakaan :|
In English: So dear friends, it's time for farewells, perhaps heaven will be the next place where we'll meet. |:There the zither won't stop playing, the word "farewell" is known no more. :|
This last stanza is the reason why I call this a "funeral song". The tender and soft voice singing out the farewells, the last word to the deceased friend/family member. The word are like the whisper of the person gone, telling with a smile about the bright future and eternal hope that lays ahead. Peaceful, solemn, hearty, brings tears and smile to my face.
That's right, here we say goodbye more often than we want, but there will be no concept of departing anymore; here we need to leave our beloved one behind, there we'll be together forever; here we become tired and every party will have its ending, there we'll be forever joyful and the celebration never ends; here we grow old and become weary, there we'll be perfect and shining as the sun. What a wonderful God! None of these we deserve, but all is given to us to be treasured. If not treasuring the current moment, will not appreciate the eternal future.
The mom of a friend passed away couple of weeks ago. She was a shining person, despite the sickness and wheelchair. Also, there are friends in wheelchair or severe sickness, to whom I can't conjure up anything to say. I'd like to sing this song to you, with you, take the moment to see the future, past the pain and troubles we have now, and have a glimpse of the Heaven. A glimpse of the smiling Lord Jesus, streaching out His hands, saying with the tender voice: "welcome, my faithful servant". That day will come.
A reasonable question: how about you? Are you burden-laiden? Are you missing the view to the golden city? Have you ever even heard about that wonderful place? Have you ever heard anyone calling you a friend? Have you been called as a faithful servant? Have you heard the whispers from eternity, the loving God whose hands are out-streched towards you? Hopefully you will hear, I hope you will know, will experience, and will see.
Ask, and you shall get answers, seek and you shall find, knock, and the door shall be opened for you. Peace. :)
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