On a personal note: grieving with hope

Life is so full of grief.  I keep hearing these past few days about people, some of them friends, who are facing such massive grief that they don't even know how they'll walk through what tomorrow holds.
I know they are clinging to some of these promises right now...
~ If we are in Christ, we don't grieve without hope (1 Thessalonians 4:13)
~ We have a sympathetic God who we can approach with confidence for help and mercy (Hebrews 4:14-16)
~ God will wipe every tear from our eyes and all will be made right (Revelation 7:17)

Saw this video through a friend's facebook today.  I can't imagine the grief.  And I can't imagine what these people will experience when they are reunited with their son.  Forever.

"After The Storm"

And after the storm,
I run and run as the rains come
And I look up, I look up,
on my knees and out of luck,
I look up.

Night has always pushed up day
You must know life to see decay
But I won't rot, I won't rot
Not this mind and not this heart,
I won't rot.

And I took you by the hand
And we stood tall,
And remembered our own land,
What we lived for.

And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.

And now I cling to what I knew
I saw exactly what was true
But oh no more.
That's why I hold,
That's why I hold with all I have.
That's why I hold.

I will die alone and be left there.
Well I guess I'll just go home,
Oh God knows where.
Because death is just so full and man so small.
Well I'm scared of what's behind and what's before.

And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.

And there will come a time, you'll see, with no more tears.
And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears.
Get over your hill and see what you find there,
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.