I recently encountered a poem I enjoyed and wanted to share with you. LeRoy Tate Newland was an American pastor, a missionary to Korea, and a poet. Among his poems is this brief reflection on the death of a Christian (which, appropriately, is titled “A Christian’s Death”). I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
And what is death?
A sudden stopping of the breath
That one may breathe a rarer air
Where all is fair.You say he died.
Can life be greater glorified
Than to unclose pain-wearied eyes
In Paradise?Is this the end?
He has but gone to meet a Friend
And, dying, found a way
To endless day.
Found at Log College Press.
