God's Love

The story of the Amish school shooting is weighing heavily on people's minds this week, and just now I found my copy of the song "Love Will Bring Us All Together", and was thinking how appropriate. This song was sung at church not long ago and has been in my mind constantly ever since. There's something about the lyrics......in case you don't know the song, or can't think of the words right off, I'll give them to you to ponder today:

All things work together for good,
When God's love is understood;
God is good and everything He does is right.
Spring-time flowers wilt and fade
but the memories that they made
Are a ray of sunshine in the darkest night.

Light comes shining out of the past,
Truth revealing love at last;
There's a love that leads beyond the great divide.
Joy and laughter, pain and tears,
love is calling thro' the years;
Love will bring us safely to the other side.

Long ago when life was young,
Love already had begun;
Mem'ries of a time when roses were in bloom.
Time so swiftly past us flies;
Autumn comes and summer dies,
Love will bring us all together very soon.

Hear the music in the air,
God is love and ev'rywhere;
Walk in love and you will join God's happy throng.
Earthly things will lose their tune,
For they fade away so soon,
Love will bring us all together with a song.

CHORUS
There's a love that's calling from the other side,
As we stand and gaze across the great divide;
God our Father loves us all,
Hear His tender loving call;
Love will bring us all together by and by.