Scripture Verse

Introduction

Origin of the Song

These words grew out of De­Ar­mond’s grief up­on los­ing her daugh­ter:

When God called my girl to live with Him, I felt I could not spare her, and it left an ache in my heart that was dif­fi­cult to bear.

The ev­er pre­sent, per­sis­tent ques­tion, Why should my girl be ta­ken? be­came the ov­er­whelm­ing bur­den of my wak­ing mo­ments. Why should it be my child?

After sev­er­al months of wrest­ling with this ques­tion, my health was af­fect­ed and my faith cloud­ed. Then one night, while I was pac­ing up and down on my lawn, there came me the words as if spok­en from the sky:

We Chris­tians do not sor­row with­out hope. We do have to say good­bye to our loved ones here, but we have that glo­ri­ous hope of good morn­ing ov­er there.

The mes­sage brought sur­cease from my sor­row, com­fort for my heart, and stim­ulus to my faith. I hast­ened to my room where the po­em took form.

God gave me a song that has been a bless­ing in my life, as it will be to oth­ers who sor­row for loved ones.