The other day this lady in this store gave the following poem to me - Bless her!
A HEARTBEAT FROM HEAVEN
We are living on the border of eternity each day,
We are just as close to Heaven as the stars so far away.
And the only thing between us, whether we are big or small
Is a tender little heartbeat, just a heartbeat, that is all.
Just a heartbeat from Heaven, just a heartbeat, nothing more.
Just a tender, little heartbeat, till we walk the Golden Shore.
Keep your lamp all trim and burning, let it shine, you'll never fall;
Just a heartbeat from Heaven, just a heartbeat that is all.
In this land of sin and sorrow, whether old or in our prime,
We are only just a heartbeat from the grave at anytime.
No one has a lease on living, any moment death may call,
It is only by God's mercy that we live and breathe at all.
There's a place beyond the river where we'll lay our burdens down,
Where we'll be with Christian loved ones, and we'll wear a starry crown.
All our troubles will be over and no tears shall ever fall,
Just a heartbeat from Heaven, just a heartbeat that is all.
- Walt Huntley