FRIENDS

Packing up the dreams God planted
in the fertile soil of you.
Can’t believe the hopes He’s granted
means a chapter in your life is through,
But we’ll keep you close as always,
it won’t even seem you’ve gone.
‘Cause our hearts, in big and small ways,
will keep the love that keeps us strong.

And friends are friends forever
if the Lord’s the lord of them.
And a friend will not say “never”,
‘cause the welcome will not end.
Though it‘s hard to let you go,
in the Father’s hands we know
that a lifetime’s not too long
to live as friends.

- Friends, words by Michael W. Smith
and Deborah D. Smith