Lord,
When we return to you
In death,
The bad things we have thought,
And done, and said
Will be devoured
By your raging fire,
Destroyed, forgotten,
Just as you desire.
Then you will welcome
All in us that’s good,
Uniting us with you,
For you are Love.
References
The dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it (Ecclesiastes 12:7; NIV).
The Lord your God is a devouring fire (Deuteronomy 4:24; NLT).
I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins (Jeremiah 31:34; NLT).
Whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit (1 Corinthians 6:17; NIV).
God is love (1 John 4:16; NIV).