“Till We Meet Again” by Allan Townsend: When Goodbye Is Not the Last Word

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What do you leave behind when your time runs short?

Time has a way of making it clear what really matters. Allan Townsend wrote “Till We Meet Again” from a place most of us will know one day — not the abstract awareness of mortality, but the vivid, close reality of it. “The shadows in this room are getting longer now,” he sings. “I’m running out of time.” A moment that Allan chooses to fill with honesty, love, and a faith that refuses to flinch.

One of the things Allan chooses to leave behind is a song for his wife, one that is also valuable for anyone who has lost a loved one. He doesn’t leave instructions or explanations behind, but a song filled with so much love and faith. Why? Because some things can only be carried in melody.

The chorus of this song turns the grief of a loss into something luminous: “I’ll be sailing over Jordan, just to wait for you.” That image of waiting reframes the loss and turns it into hope, because death is not a wall, it’s a threshold. It’s a step into the next phase.

Read 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14: “We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.” The apostle Paul wasn’t writing theory. He was writing comfort, the kind that holds when nothing else does.

“Your love is my anchor, I’ll take it where I go.” That anchor is not just a person’s love. It’s the love of a God who crossed death to keep His promise. May that be a promise that you carry the rest of your life. Don’t fear the empty chair, but fill it with the time you still have. “The path we walked together doesn’t end at the finish line.”

Background

Backstory for the song is my health is not good and I am no longer in the 4th quarter of my life but have reached the 2 minute warning.

Suggested reading: 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14; John 14:3; Psalm 23:4

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Connect with Allan Townsend

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3bVP4PR6P0HN5E2ekAhOfT

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