As a couple

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. 2018 Dec 01 at 3:42 PM As a couple... I've learnt to make the art of discussing our differences a life long goal and best time to practice that art is when a quarrel begins. ~ 56 year old & married for 31 years. .

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Poem ~ If Tomorrow Starts Without Me

Nice Poem

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If Tomorrow Starts Without Me

~ author believed to be David M Romano

If tomorrow starts without me,

And I'm not there to see,

If the sun should rise and find your eyes

all filled with tears for me,

I wish so much you wouldn't cry

The way you did today,

While thinking of the many things,

We didn't get to say.

I know how much you love me,

As much as I love you,

and each time that you think of me,

I know you'll miss me too.

But if tomorrow starts without me,

Please try to understand,

That an angel came and called my name,

And took me by the hand,

and said my place was ready,

In heaven far above,

And that I'd have to leave behind

All those I dearly love.

But as I turned to walk away,

A tear fell from my eye

For all my life, I'd always thought,

I didn't want to die.

I had so much to live for,

So much left yet to do,

It seemed almost impossible,

That I was leaving you.

I thought of all the yesterdays

The good ones and the bad,

I thought of all the love we shared,

and all the fun we had

If I could re-live yesterday

Just even for a while,

I'd say good-bye and kiss you

And maybe see you smile.

But then I fully realized,

That this could never be,

For emptiness and memories,

would take the place of me.

And when I thought of worldly things,

I might miss come tomorrow,

I thought of you, and when I did,

My heart was filled with sorrow.

But when I walked through heaven's gates,

I felt so much at home

When God looked down and smiled at me,

From His great golden throne.

He said, "This is eternity,

And all I've promised you."

Today your life on earth is past,

But here life starts anew

I promise no tomorrow,

But today will always last,

And since each day's the same way

There's no longing for the past.

You have been so faithful,

So trusting and so true.

Though there were times

You did some things

You knew you shouldn't do.

But you have been forgiven

And now at last you're free.

So won't you come and take my hand

And share my life with me?

So if tomorrow starts without me,

Don't think we're far apart,

For every time you think of me,

I'm right here, in your heart.

Source Link:

http://www.poeticexpressions.co.uk/POEMS/Iftomorrowstartswithoutme.htm

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When Tomorrow Starts Without Me performed by Stephen Meara-Blount

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoPaHxUWA5o

"If Tomorrow Starts Without Me" attributed to David Romano (read by Tom O'Bedlam)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMMjAbH_W8c

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Blog ~ God So Loved The World ~ Acappella ~ Lyrics ~ 1) Farmington Mennonite Fellowship ~ 2) Polyphonia Khoros

I love this song.

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When can this be sung?

Many occasions to sing this... Lent, Easter, Christmas... in fact... anytime. 

My Christian-but-not-Catholic friend once told me that the first bible quotation they learn is John 3:16 which goes... 

"For God so loved the world, 

that he gave his only begotten Son, 

that whosoever believeth in him 

should not perish, 

but have everlasting life." 

~ John 3:16 ~ King James Version (KJV)

I don't know many bible quotations but I remembered this one. 

I, personally, would like to sing it just before or better, after mass as a prayer.

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God So Loved The World ~ John Stainer (Lyrics)

God so loved the world, God so loved the world.

That He gave His only begotten Son

That who so believeth, believeth in Him

Should not perish, Should not perish, 

But have... Everlasting life.

For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world

For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world

But that the world through Him might be saved

God so loved the world, God so loved the world.

That He gave His only begotten Son

That Who so believeth, believeth in Him

Should not perish, Should not perish,

But have... Everlasting life.

Everlasting life. 

Everlasting, Everlasting life,

God so loved the world,

God so loved the world,

God so loved the world.

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God So Loved The World ~ Acappella 
~ sung by Farmington Mennonite Fellowship (Mar 2009)

God So Loved the World - wonderful a Capella music

http://youtu.be/cRT7o6BybF4

The song , "God So Loved the World" sung a Capella by the members of the Farmington Mennonite Fellowship in March of 2009. We were able to go and visit the families there back in 2009 and it was wonderful to sing with them. This is the best sound recording I have. From John 3:16

We hope you enjoy this song as much as we do.

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God So Loved The World ~ Acappella 
~ sung by Polyphonia Khoros, a Chorus from Florianópolis-SC Brazil

YouTube Title:

Stainer -- God So Loved The World (a capella)

http://youtu.be/dMa29fqIIoM

Sang by Polyphonia Khoros at Brusque-SC Brazil as part of The Crucifixion entirely performed with Pipe Organ, Bass and Tenor soloists. by John Stainer

Polyphonia Khoros is a Chorus from Florianópolis-SC Brazil and performed several concerts and operas such as Mozart's Requiem Mass, Händel's Messiah, Verdi's La Traviata, Rigoletto, Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana, Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Bizet's Carmen, and more.

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