Apostle Paul's Encouragement

We don’t need to comfort Matthew and Russ; they are in God’s hands. Maybe in answer to Matthew’s and Russ' prayers God has taken them to help them accomplish the things they and He wanted for them. We know our Father loves Matthew and Russ and He knows their dreams and desires. He also knows that neither were able to follow through at this time. Maybe He took them to give them a chance to follow through and grow. Matthew and Russ are not suffering from whatever was troubling them. God knows their hearts and has told us that we aren't to judge anyone, only Jesus will.
Different people have shared a little of their understanding of what takes place when we die. Maybe something of their words will let us know what Matthew and Russ feel now:
“Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.” Helen Keller
“I have come that [Matthew and Russ] may have life and have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10) Heavenly Father never stopped loving them. They can live a life beyond what they were living here.
“The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.” Lucius Annaeus Seneca
“… it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.” (1 Corinthians 2:9)
"Behold, I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump." (1 Corinthians 15:51) In a brief moment each may have been taken from hopeless struggle to new hope, in the twinkling of an eye.

Time Is Moving ... Sometimes the Heart Isn't

Matt's funeral was on Tuesday, August 31st, and Russ' memorial was Sunday, August 29th. Each family feels the loss. They return to work; answer the same questions over and over; and politely listen to platitudes meant to comfort. At home families try to keep Matt's parents and Russ' wife busy with dinners and handling the nagging loose ends, aware that most of it seems unimportant. Therefore the families make those decisions.
At night anger, guilt, tears, and laughter repeat and repeat in random loops. It will be all right, won't it? There will be a time when the heart will heal, right?