I'll Finish My Genealogy in Heaven

I’ll Finish My Genealogy in Heaven
O. Kris Widmer



For my father, Dr. Elmer Andreas Widmer, PhD

Begun on August 9, 2003, the day of his first dialysis treatment
Continued and Finished on November 15, 2004, during his ICU hospitalization following emergency Gall Bladder surgery



I’ll finish my genealogy in heaven.
It will be easier in Paradise.
All my family will be there to speak to.
So my charts can be full and precise.

I’ll finish my genealogy in heaven.
A biologist’s dream coming true
I’ll study God’s vital statistics.
And prove how I am related to you.

I’ll finish my genealogy in heaven.
I’ll follow each branch and each root.
Because even though I’ll be in glory,
I’ll still need a mental pursuit.

I’ll finish my genealogy in heaven.
No guess work or blank information.
I’ll have access to Yahweh’s birth records.
And I’ll diagram each generation.

I’ll finish my genealogy in heaven.
I’ll know right where Noah fits in.
I’ll be able to prove with preciseness
Just how Adam and Eve are my kin.

I’ll finish my genealogy in heaven.
No tombstones to photo or see.
I’ll study the Book of Life, opened.
Cross-referenced with God’s DMV.

I’ll finish my genealogy in heaven.
We all are related, you know it.
Right now I say that from the Bible.
But up there, I’ll be able to show it.

I’ll finish my genealogy in heaven.
I’ll focus on life, and not death.
We’ll feast on fruit salad, immortal.
And forever inhale God’s breath.

I’ll finish my genealogy in heaven.
I want you to be there with me.
I don’t want one twig to be missing.
From my forever, alive family tree.

I’ll finish my genealogy in heaven.
I’ll publish it: bound, clean and neat.
Then I’ll give my dear Savior a copy,
As I lay it at Jesus’ feet!