I almost see the welcome
That’s waiting just for you
Beyond the gates of heaven
When you have stepped right through:
The glowing light of heaven –
God’s presence all around,
The sweetest songs all filling
The air with joyful sound,
The pure and lovely fragrance
Of home sweet home at last,
The wide-awake, glad feeling
Of life when pain is past,
…
The gates of heaven opened wide,
I saw my Savior’s face!
Pain disappeared in glorious rest
While tears dissolved in grace.
My Lord stretched out His arms of love
And called me, “Child, come home.”
I entered heaven’s glorious day –
No more on earth I’ll roam.
He smiled and said, “Well done!” to me,
Those words I’d longed to hear;
So often I’d imagined them
But they were sweeter here.
…
Heaven is a place of comfort,
Heaven is a land of peace
Where no sin or worry enter,
Where life’s cares forever cease.
Heaven is a place of triumph,
Heaven is a land of grace
Where God’s children are rewarded, Where we’ll see our Savior’s face.
Heaven is a place of worship,
Heaven is a land of song
Where there’s always joy and gladness,
Where we’ll praise Him all day long.
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