I know that God brought Becky into my life for many reasons. She has taught me much in the year that I have known her! We have laughed together, shared, prayed, cut felts together! :) And now we are mourning together. I ache for Becky greatly!
Tomorrow, Rayin, the little girl we lost, would be 8. I can't believe that it has been that long! Becky's and my situation is not exactly the same, but the feelings are the same. She had her little girl for 9 days and I never got to hear mine cry. But I know what it is to carry a baby for 9 months with great expectation, with dreams and hopes for your daughter, and I know what it's like to have that taken away! To have empty arms that ache in a way that nothing ever has or ever will.
Becky and I and so many others who have lost babies at Living Hope are standing firm on what we know to be true! That God IS Good...That God IS in Control, That God IS SOVEREIGN, that His ways are high above ours and that we can trust in Him!!!
This song is very meaningful to me, it's Glory Baby by Watermark. They too lost a baby and wrote this after that. Here are the lyrics:
Glory baby you slipped away as fast as we could say baby…baby..
You were growing, what happened dear?
You disappeared on us baby…baby..
Heaven will hold you before we do
Heaven will keep you safe until we’re home with you…
Until we’re home with you…
Miss you everyday
Miss you in every way
But we know there’s a
day when we will hold you
We will hold you
You’ll kiss our tears away
When we’re home to stay
Can’t wait for the day when we will see you
We will see you
But baby let sweet Jesus hold you
‘till mom and dad can hold you…
You’ll just have heaven before we do
You’ll just have heaven before we do
Sweet little babies, it’s hard to
understand it ‘cause we’re hurting
We are hurting
But there is healing
And we know we’re stronger people through the growing
And in knowing-
That all things work together for our good
And God works His purposes just like He said He would…
Just like He said He would…
BRIDGE:
I can’t imagine heaven’s lullabies
and what they must sound like
But I will rest in knowing, heaven is your home
And it’s all you’ll ever know…all you’ll ever know
2 comments:
I can not imagine the pain of losing a child.
I know how much I love my babies when I am looking at them and how much my heart hurts when I have to send them out of my care.
We have to trust that they belong to Him.
God will be glorified, He will use you to minister. He will bring the body together and He will turn our mourning to dancing.
We will cling to Him.
Kari,
It was nice to meet you at the pool. Thanks for sharing your heart today. The whole LH body and especially you and Becky will be in my prayers tomorrow.
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