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Planning a Christian funeral or memorial service for a loved one isn't an easy task. The part of you that rejoices over their homecoming in Heaven often wars with the part of you that wanted your loved one to stay here, with you, for many more years to come.

Music, being a large part of life, also plays a very important part in death. The music you select for the funeral service or memorial will often offer comfort to those attending the service for years to come. The strains of the music they heard as they said goodbye will bring back the memories of their loved ones' life and passing.

1. Comforter - CeCe Winans

From the song ...

    To the grieving family who weeps for loved ones gone.
    The pain of separation consumes another home.
    On the waves of sorrow, You walk with perfect ease,
    comforter is who the whole world needs.

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2. Dancing With The Angels - Monk and Neagle

From the song ...

    You're dancing with the angels
    Walking in new life
    You're dancing with the angels
    Heaven fills your eyes
    Now that you're dancing with the angels

Trent Monk first began writing this song after the passing of his great-grandmother. Michael Neagle added to it after the death of his father a few years later. Trent said, "This song expresses the loss that everyone of us will face at some point in our lives, but it also celebrates the promise we have as believers that we will see our loved ones again someday."

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3. With Hope - Steven Curtis Chapman

Steven Curtis Chapman - Speechless
Sparrow Records
From the song ...

    This is not at all how
    We thought it was supposed to be
    We had so many plans for you
    We had so many dreams
    And now you've gone away
    And left us with the memories of your smile
    And nothing we can say
    And nothing we can do
    Can take away the pain
    The pain of losing you, but ...

I Thess. 4:13-14 and Heb. 6:9, 10:23 were the inspiration behind this beautiful song.

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4. Homesick - MercyMe

MercyMe - Undone
INO
From the song ...

    I close my eyes and I see your face
    If home's where my heart is then I'm out of place
    Lord, won't you give me strength to make it through somehow
    I've never been more homesick than now

Bart Millard lost eight people in his life, including his 20-year-old brother-in-law, in a single month. He told Christianity Today that the song "...talks about getting the raw end of the deal when your loved one passes on and you stay here with the pain of not having them. Of course, having that person as an investment in heaven really makes you homesick all the more."

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5. Till I See You Again - Nikki Leonti

From the song ...

    Pain is part of love they say
    And now I know what they mean
    But I wouldn't trade this heartache for our memories
    Or the time I held you close
    I'm one of the lucky few

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6. Cry Out To Jesus - Third Day

Third Day - Wherever You Are
Essential Records
From the song ...

    To everyone who's lost someone they love
    Long before it was their time
    You feel like the days you had were not enough
    when you said goodbye

This song was written as a natural progression of the band members "growing up," part of which meant seeing people they loved lose people in their lives. Mac Powell said, "My hope is that you are able to also connect personally to each verse through your own experiences. Not only do we all know these people, but we are these people."

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7. I Am Going - Randy Travis

Randy Travis - Inspirational Journey
Warner Bros.
From the song ...

    Don't be crying thoses bitter tears
    Don't be crying cause I'm not here
    I'll be happy for the first time in years
    So don't be crying those bitter tears

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8. He's Walking Her Home - Mark Schultz

Mark Schultz Broken and Beautiful Expanded Edition
Word Records
From the song ...

    He walked her through the best days of her life
    Sixty years together and he never left her side

    A nursing home
    At eighty-five
    And the doctor said it could be her last night
    And the nurse said Oh
    Should we tell him now
    Or should he wait until the morning to find out

    But when they checked her room that night
    He was laying by her side

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9. No More Pain - Point of Grace

Point of Grace - 24
Word
From the song ...

    Where there will be no more pain
    No more sorrow
    No more waiting
    For illusive tomorrows
    There will be no more pain
    No more dying
    No more striving or strain
    No more pain

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10. I Can Only Imagine - MercyMe

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From the song ...

    Surrounded by Your glory, what will my heart feel
    Will I dance for you Jesus or in awe of you be still
    Will I stand in your presence or to my knees will I fall
    Will I sing hallelujah, will I be able to speak at all
    I can only imagine

At the young age of 18 Bart Millard lost his dad to cancer. When people told him that his dad would choose heaven over coming back, the 18-year-old found himself repeating the phrase "I can only imagine." Years later, while writing music, he found a notebook with the phrase and wrote the hit song.

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