Lay Down Sister, Lay Down

I was going to post a list today about myself, but those plans changed quickly and God puts your life into perspective. I logged into the EBC website to get the original list and found that a classmate of mine had passed away suddenly. She was the same age I am. She was expecting her third child, a boy this summer. Now a husband and two little girls are without their wife and mommy.

I didn't know Lois well, and probably can count on my two hands the number of conversations I had with her. Being honest I remember thinking unkind thoughts, now which I regret. I remember she had incredible spunk and her huge smile. She had a bubbly personality and she stood out in the freshmen class as a person that thought deeply and cared much for what she was there to study.

Lay down sister and be with Jesus. We will miss you here on earth and see you again someday.

Lay down softly in our sorrow
Lay down sister to die
And cover over, my sweet Father
Cover over her eyes

Your broken body, it cannot weather
The years your youth still longs to spend
So go down graceful, sleep with the angels
And wake up whole again

‘Cause it was not your time; that's a useless line
A fallen world took your life
But the God that sometimes can't be found
Will wrap Himself around you
So lay down, sister, lay down

Slower passing are the hours
To tell this tale that takes its time
But the finest moment, no man can measure
Is to look your Savior in the eyes
So take her tender to Your table
Take her from this killing floor
To taste the water that is forever
Let her be thirsty no more

It was not her time; that's a useless line
A fallen world took her life
But the God that sometimes can't be found
Will wrap Himself around you
So lay down, sister, lay down

And the God that sometimes can't be found
Will wrap Himself around you
So lay down, Lois, lay down

~ Bebo Norman