Till We Meet Again Sweet Joshua

Our walk in the mountains, a final goodbye.

Thursday 25th September 2003
11:00
Mochdre Crematorium

Now breathe great breaths of heaven
Move well for pain has gone
Cry joy and sing!
Your heart beats strong now
Cherished little one!

John Davies (1999)

Joshua James’ Farewell

Welcome & Introduction (Barry)

Reading: In the Secret Place - Psalm 139 (Simon)

Rap for Joshua  (Miriam & Susie)

Mum’s message: Reunion  (Fiona)

Prayers  (Barry & Chris)

Song: I stand   

Blessing (Barry)

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I Stand

Dare I stand before you
Dare I seek your face
Dare I walk the holy hill of your holy place
For there you will receive me
There you will forgive me
There you will cleanse me from my sin
And you will not hide your presence from me
As we walk this road together
For you are my God
And I am your child
I stand

Now I stand before you
Now I seek your face
Now I walk the holy hill of your holy place
For you have received me
You forgave me
You have cleansed me from my sin
And you did not hide your presence from me
As we walked this road together
For you are my God
And I am your child
I stand

Mark Tedder (2001)


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Reunion

As I gaze down at your beautiful face, I see you are no longer there,
Someday when I am old
and someone asks me if I am looking forward to heaven,
I’ll say: “I’m ready to meet Jesus
but there’s someone else I want to see too.”

I’ll say: “It’s been thirty or forty years since I’ve seen him
and the time we spent together was all too brief
-a few short days, that's all,
and he was so delicate.
He spent most of that time trying to breathe.
I never had the chance to really find out
who he was or what he was like,
what he could have done,
who he could have been.

“But he was my child
-he will never offend me, hurt me, upset me,
he will never know suffering or pain,
the days of his life were numbered
                 and each one was filled with endless love.         
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My joy!
Flesh of my flesh, my own,
a gift of eternal innocence
and I love him
with limitless love.

“My other children grew up and grew older with me
but this one -the one I’m longing to see
stayed the same through the years
his face fixed in my memory
like a faded snapshot,
its corners worn,
from too much handling.”

Through the years,
the good and bad times,
I’ve dreamt of that distant reunion
and imagined the moment
I could look him in the eyes and say:
“Darling, your mother’s missed you so very much,
but now we’ll never be apart again.”

Carole Gift Page / Fiona Beavan

Miriam and Susie’s Rap for Joshua

Verse:Miriam
When we found out mum was pregnant we were overjoyed
Then she had a scan, it was a boy! it was a boy
But the scan also showed he was very very sick
He had a bad heart complaint that could kill him real quick,
We all cried lots coz we were so sad,
We wanted him to live and not have anything bad,
We went for lots of appointments and lots of tests,,
And trusted the doctors coz they knew best,
We prayed to God that Josh wouldn't die
we wanted him with us and couldnt understand why
He looked so cool yet he was so ill
they kept him in an incubator real still,
He had lots of cuddles and lots of love
But then he moved onto heaven above
He was just too sick and we had to let him go
He is up in heaven now playing but we still miss him so.

Chorus:Miriam and Susie
He is up there now in Heaven,
Lookin down on us and smiling,
Doctors practice what you teach,
Find a cure for this disease.
Father, Father Father,help us,help us cope from up above,
Coz we really need your love,
Fill us with your joy and love.
Fill us with your joy love, your love, your love.

Rap:Susie
Joshy boy he’s my baby bro
He's cool as you and me now,
He’s gonna stay with you and me,
He’s as happy as can be.

He’s right up there in heaven,
he’s lookin down on us and he’s smiling,
We all have to live and go on,
but I will remember him in my song.

He’s my bro and thats how it will stay,
I just wish he was with us today
But I know that he had to move on
He’s up in heaven and he’s singing my song.

Joshy boy he’s my baby bro
He’s cool as you and me now,
He’s gona stay with you and me
He’s as happy as he can be.