“I know that when you died and went to
heaven, the angels sang the alleluia song; but the silence that you've left
here behind you, is empty like the day without the dawn . . . I believe that I
am broken-hearted now that you are gone.”
These are words from Drew Holcomb’s song “Sweetness”. Hannah met Drew and his wife at Young Life
camp last year where they were providing camp music. Drew lost a brother when they were in their
teens, and wrote this sweet song about this experience. One evening, when visiting with Hannah and
her friends, he heard about her experience of losing Daniel, so Drew sang this
song the following day for Hannah and it touched her heart. I now listen to a recorded version of this
and my heart is touched deeply as well.
Drew’s words sum it up very well. I believe Daniel is enjoying the alleluia
song, but the silence is empty and our hearts are still broken – such a bizarre
yet very robust mixture of faith, hope, and pain.
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