250428 What Comes Next

 What Comes Next

Is what comes next just dark abyss 
And though the things of world you'll miss
When death comes knocking at your door
This life will end with nothing more

Oh, what a dismal way to end
Won't see your loved ones e'er again
That all you are and loved has passed
When in this world you've breathed your last

That there is no sweet by and by
And nothing happens when you die
If that is what you've learned or thought
Then your whole life is all for naught

If this life is all that there is
It does not matter how you live
For what's the value of a life
For love, or hate? For joy or strife?

With little purpose how life's spent
Are you of any consequence 
If you've no good reason to be
You'll simply spend life aimlessly

In search of pleasure till it's through 
Living a life only for you
If carnal pleasure satisfied
Why are so many dead inside 

Purposeless life has got you vexed?
And made you wonder what comes next
Seeking fulfillment on this earth?
What you're in need of is rebirth

To know this life is not the end
Requires being born again
Your life is not futility
With eyes set on eternity

That what comes next is so much more
Than anything you've known before
To fill the empty hole in you
Is only something God can do

Hole can't be filled with earthly things 
But with salvation Jesus brings
If questioning just what comes next
The answer's found in Holy Text

The God that has created you
Says, "Come to me, your searching's through."
No longer must you live perplexed
I'll show you clearly what comes next

An afterlife that's heavenly 
You only need to follow me
When life with God then intersects
He'll lead you from this one to next

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