{"id":841,"date":"2021-03-26T13:10:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T13:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/?p=841"},"modified":"2021-03-26T11:43:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T11:43:27","slug":"eternity-is-always-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/eternity-is-always-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Eternity Is Always Close"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As followers of Christ death is not something we avoid or ignore. It is a fundamental brick on which our whole faith life is built around. This cornerstone is the death and resurrection of Jesus! The end of my life on earth, I believe, will be a continuation of the redemptive love I walk in now. It will be an extension of the restoration going on in my heart, a continuation of the bread I receive from Heaven every day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remarkably, I am carrying within my being a little piece of eternity! The Holy Spirit has been released into our hearts and souls, God\u2019s redemptive seed has been sown into the lives of all those who believe. I have become overwhelmingly reliant on this truth when I have been grieving dear friends who have sadly died far too early. As I have waited to visit them, maybe for the last time, I&#8217;ve cried out with my spirit come Lord! Come through me Jesus! Be here with these beautiful hurting people. I have with a trembling heart walked beside family and friends in their suffering, wanting so desperately to rescue them and believing with a passion that they deserve so much more. I hope that as I have held their hands and spoken the only words I could find, that they may have seen Jesus not me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/thuZD1n_sPM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Eternity is Always Close&#8221; is out now on all major digital platforms, including <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4VxV1UvJ9aPNUXHXxRWePi?si=izYMUtGpT3a5uR6EcU0CzQ\">Spotify<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/eternity-is-always-close-single\/1558587512\">Apple Music<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEternity is Always Close\u201d was written after the loss of a beautiful friend whom I miss dearly. It is a song of comfort, a song that reminds me of the promises before us all. So much of creation speaks to us of renewal. I think of the seed that holds everything needed to create a majestic tree, or a melody that rises to surpass the words that are within it and create a glorious connection across humanity. God\u2019s unconditional love is the real treasure and we as his sons and daughters are living, breathing, grace filled love! We carry the promise of eternity within us and we give this hope out to others. Then as we grieve and come to terms with our loss, we can be comforted by the promise of new life. A life that awaits us all beyond death, where we will soar with freedom, leaving behind illness and isolation, united with Christ forever. I hope the words in this song might resonate with you on your journey of grief and eternal love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Eternity is Always Close<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The treasure&#8217;s safe the love and care the laughter shared<br>You&#8217;re so unique you make me smile<br>So this is not goodbye<br>As I know you&#8217;ll fly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m with you every single day my heart will pray <br>Your soul is woven in with mine<br>Into heaven&#8217;s perfect time<br>So I know you&#8217;ll fly, wherever you may be<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Fly, wherever you may be <br>Fly, wherever you may be<br>Fly, wherever you may be, fly<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eternity is always close it&#8217;s there in every single note<br> It&#8217;s whispered on a gentle breeze<br> And every touch and in the smallest seed<br> So I know you&#8217;ll fly, wherever you may be<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Fly, wherever you may be&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And may you soar above the cloudy skies <br> And open your eyes<br> To see the world from heaven&#8217;s gentle gaze<br> My songbird of praise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Words &amp; music by Neil Haydock &amp; Julie Palmer \u00a9 Copyright 2021 Capernaum Publishing, England. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As followers of Christ death is not something we avoid or ignore. It is a fundamental brick on which our whole faith life is built around. This cornerstone is the death and resurrection of Jesus! The end of my life on earth, I believe, will be a continuation of the redemptive love I walk in <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/eternity-is-always-close\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","category-music","tag-contemporary-song"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Eternity_Is_Always_Close_Blog.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bKxI-dz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":306,"url":"https:\/\/www.prayerscapes.com\/blog\/prayer-for-easter\/","url_meta":{"origin":841,"position":0},"title":"Prayer for Easter","date":"April 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Love overcame, Emerging from a cold tomb. 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