With Hope by Steven
Curtis Chapman
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....
We wait with hope
And we ache with hope
We hold on with hope
We let go with hope
(c) 1999 Sparrow Song/Peach Hill Songs
HELLO, GOOD-BYE by
Michael W. Smith and Wayne Kirkpatrick
(being played in background)
Where's the navigator of your destiny?
Where is the dealer of this hand?
Who can explain
Life and its brevity?
'Cause there is nothing here
That I can understand.
You and I,
Have barely met
And I just don't want to let go of you yet...
Amber, hello, good-bye
I'll see you on the other side.
Amber, sweet child of mine
I'll see you on the other side.
And so I hold your tiny hand in mine
For the hardest thing I've ever had to face
Heaven calls for you
Before it calls for me
When you get there save me a place
A place where I can share your smile
And I can hold you for more than just awhile.
original chorus has the name "Noah"
in it who only lived 2 1/2 days
(c) 1998 Milene Music, Inc./Deer Valley Music
