Take the Love funeral reading
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.
Take the Love, by Donna Ashworth
Take the love you had for me
and turn it into laughter
turn it into blinding light
to shine on you thereafter.
Take the love you have for me
and show it to the world
something so amazing
needs to blossom and unfurl.
Take the love that made us
keep it burning bright
let that fire guide you
let it warm you through the night.
Take the love you shared with me
and spread it out with gladness
my life will not have been in vain
if you can fight the sadness.
Take the love my darling
it’s yours to carry on
grow that love forevermore
and then I won’t be gone.