After The Last Tear Falls

 I found some old mix CDs last week.

 

I’ve been listening to them on my way to and from work.

 

It’s interesting to see what songs were important to me at various points in my life.

 

It’s as if the CDs are markers of a life gone by.

 

This morning, I heard a song that I hadn’t heard in years.

 

It made me cry.

 

In a time when stress and tension are palpable, it is nice to be reminded that, after it’s all said and done, there is love.

 

May you feel that reminder today, friend.

 

There is love.

 

Always, there is love.

 

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After The Last Tear Falls by Andrew Peterson

 

After the last tear falls
After the last secret's told
After the last bullet tears through flesh and bone
After the last child starves
And the last girl walks the boulevard
After the last year that's just too hard

There is love
Love, love, love
There is love
Love, love, love
There is love

After the last disgrace
After the last lie to save some face
After the last brutal jab from a poison tongue
After the last dirty politician
After the last meal down at the mission
After the last lonely night in prison

There is love
Love, love, love
There is love
Love, love, love
There is love

And in the end, the end is
Oceans and oceans
Of love and love again
We'll see how the tears that have fallen
Were caught in the palms
Of the Giver of love and the Lover of all
And we'll look back on these tears as old tales

'Cause after the last plan fails
After the last siren wails
After the last young husband sails off to join the war
After the last "this marriage is over"
After the last young girl's innocence is stolen
After the last years of silence that won't let a heart open

There is love
Love, love, love
There is love