A Poem From Ruth Bell Graham for Memorial Day

On this Memorial Day, we honor those who have paid the ultimate price by giving their lives in defense of our nation and the freedoms that we have.

This poem was taken from Sitting by My Laughing Fire, by Ruth Bell Graham. A dedication reads, “For the wives and families of those Missing in Action.”

Death —
death can be faced,
dealt with,
adjusted to,
outlived.
It’s the
not knowing,
that destroys
interminably . . .
This
being suspended
in suspense;
waiting—weightless.
How does one face
the faceless,
adjust to nothing?
Waiting implies
something to wait for.
Is there?

There is One.
One Who knows
where he is
and if;
and if he is,
is with him;
is with me.
God, Thou art!
I rest my soul on that.

I rest
him,
my hopes,
my fears,
my all—
on That.
Someday
I shall know,
and knowing
worship.
So—
today
I worship, too.