Better than a Hallelujah...

I am loving this song by Amy Grant this week. Adam's Grandpa died suddenly early Thursday morning. Within 1 week he was diagnosed with cancer, and just got sicker and sicker, until around 3:25am Thursday morning when God called him home. It was quick, and so unexpected. Grandpa Beck was a wonderful man. He was kind and treated me like family from the first time I met him. He was always laughing, and always trying to find a way to make his great grandbabies laugh too! Adam has been heart-broken. We knew it was bad Wednesday morning when they found what looked like a blood clot in his heart, so we packed up and left to drive all night to Ohio, so we could say our goodbyes. We got the call at 3:54am that we were too late. There is no preparing you for the pain and heartache of losing someone you love, and not getting to say goodbye. It was a crazy 5 days of hugs, crying, confusion, and love as this family tried to put the pieces back together and figure out what was next. As I watched the 6 adult grandkids stand up at the funeral and say what he meant to them I was pulled to tears for how proud of him they were, and how sad that he was gone. He was surely a man of integrity and he is sorely missed. This has been a reminder to us to "live like we are dying." I miss Grandpa Beck for sure, but not nearly as much as Adam, and his family. Adam is taking it one step at a time, and the pain is still so fresh that he just isn't sure what to do. I'm praying for clarity, strength, and most of all comfort for him and the whole family... During this time ,this song has been my anthem, because all my prayers this week have been for this precious family, and for all they are going through... To Adam's family: I love you all!!  To everyone else: Say a little prayer for this family tonight!!


God loves a lulluby
In a mother's tears at night
Better than a Hallelujah sometimes

God love the drunkard's cry
The soldier's plea not to let him die
Better than a Hallelujah sometimes
We pour out our miseries
God just hears a melody
Beautiful, the mess we are
The honest cries of breaking hearts
Are better than a Hallelujah

The woman holding on for life
The dying man giving up the fight
Are better than a Hallelujah sometimes

The tears of shame for what's been done
The silence when the words won't come
Are better than a Hallelujah sometimes

We pour out our miseries
God just hears a melody
Beautiful the mess we are
The honest cries of breaking hearts
Are better than a Hallelujah

Better than a church bell ringing
Better than a choir singing out, singing out

We pour out out miseries
God just hears a melody
Beautiful, the mess we are
The honest cries of breaking hearts
Are better than a Hallelujah