"With Hope"
By Stephen Curtis Chapman
This is not at all how we thought it was suppose 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 good-bye with hope 'cause we know our good-bye 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 you're home and now you're free, and...
"We can cry with hope, we can say good-bye with hope 'cause we know our good-bye 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.
We have this hope as an anchor 'Cause we believe that everything God promised us is true, so...
"We can cry with hope, we can say good-bye with hope 'cause we know our good-bye 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.
"We wait with hope and we ache with hope, we hold on with hope we let go with hope.