Tears In Heaven

I have been in love with Eric Clapton ever since I saw him in concert years ago. I mean who else could pull off the the button down shirt and jeans look? Anyways, I have so much respect for him it is unbelievable. In 1991 he was stricken with grief when his 4-year-old son Conor died as a result of a fall from an apartment window. This grief led Clapton to his most poignant ballad "Tears In Heaven." It seems that every note weights heavy with the sense of pain and loss that a parent can feel who has lost a child. However, years later Clapton said "In a sense, it wasn't even a sad song. It was a song of belief. When it says that there will be no more tears in Heaven, I think it's a song of optimism--of reunion." The thought of a heavenly reunion is very powerful indeed. I can't wait for that place where " God will wipe away every tear from our eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying"(Revelation 21:4). Better yet, it is a place where we will come face to face and forever be with Christ Himself. Isn't it so comforting to know that in our times of loss and grief, of tears and sorrow, Christ has made a heavenly home for us where there will be no more tears!