Grieve with Hope

Dear Faithful Friends,

It comes with a heavy heart but a hopeful heart. As most and some of you know, my grandfather went to be home with the Lord last weekend( the 9th of May). It was a sad day for all of us, as it was very sudden.

But with hope, I come to you too.... We have hope in a higher place- in eternity that we can have full hope. My grandfather ( Paw Paw)- my mom's dad is in heaven away from all pain, etc. We can grieve with hope that will see Him again! I am so thankful for that hope. Even though each day is hard, and each day has it trails I love that I can have that assurance in the one TRUE GOD!

When my Grand-dad died back in 1999 ( my dad's dad)- this song had come out by Steven Curtis Chapman- Called WITH HOPE: It just is encouraging during this time....:) Hope this encourages you today.

 Here are the lyrics to this 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 ...

We can cry with hope
We can say goodbye with hope
'Cause we know our goodbye is not the end, oh no
And we can grieve with hope
'Cause we believe with hope
(There's a place by God's grace)
There's a place where we'll see your face again
We'll see your face again

And never have I known
Anything so hard to understand
And never have I questioned more
The wisdom of God's plan
But through the cloud of tears
I see the Father's smile and say well done
And I imagine you
Where you wanted most to be
Seeing all your dreams come true
'Cause now you're home
And now you're free, and ...

We have this hope as an anchor
'Cause we believe that everything
God promised us is true, so ...

So we can cry with hope
And say goodbye with hope

We wait with hope
And we ache with hope
We hold on with hope
We let go with hope

Resting on His Hope ,

Ashley:)