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His Journey’s Just Begun funeral reading

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This entry is part 50 of 58 in the series Funeral Readings

Here’s the next in my series of funeral readings you might like to consider for your loved one’s funeral or memorial ceremony. Some are sad, some are uplifting, some are comforting; there’s something for everyone here.

Readings are absolutely not a compulsory part of a funeral or memorial ceremony. Sometimes family members or friends desperately want to speak at their loved one’s funeral, but they haven’t got the wherewithal to write something themselves. Readings are a perfect stand-in: your emotions and feelings right there on the page ready for you to contribute.

Remember readings can be adapted – if your favourite reading is written for him, you can change it to her! If it’s written for Mum, you can change it to Dad or Grandma or Grandpa, whatever fits for you. Take out lines that don’t fit your circumstances. I just make sure to introduce such a reading as an adaptation.

His/My Journey’s Just Begun, by Ellen Brenneman

This is another one that works well either about the deceased or from the deceased. I’ll pop them both below and you can choose what suits you best.

Don’t think of him as gone away
his journey’s just begun,
life holds so many facets
this earth is only one.

Just think of him as resting
from the sorrows and the tears
in a place of warmth and comfort
where there are no days and years.

Think how he must be wishing
that we could know today
how nothing but our sadness
can really pass away.

And think of him as living
in the hearts of those he touched…
for nothing loved is ever lost
and he was loved so much.

 

Don’t think of me as gone away
my journey’s just begun,
life holds so many facets
this earth is only one.

Just think of me as resting
from the sorrows and the tears
in a place of warmth and comfort
where there are no days and years.

Think how I must be wishing
that you could know today
how nothing but your sadness
can really go away.

And think of me as living
in the hearts of those I touched…
for nothing loved is ever lost
and I was loved so much.

 

Here’s yet another version with an additional verse and some different lines included

Don’t think of her as gone away
her journey’s just begun…
Life holds so many facets,
this earth is only one.

Just think of her as resting
Free of pain and from the fear,
Of dependence and infirmity
Drawn closer year by year

In a place of warmth and comfort
where there are no days or years.
And roses grow without black spot
In riotous rows and tiers

I’m sure that she’d be hoping
that we could know today,
how nothing but our sadness
can really pass away.

And think of her as living
in the hearts of those she touched,
for nothing loved is ever lost
and she was loved so much.

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