Peacekeeper
Joined: 24 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:01 am Post subject: When Babies Pass Away |
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I have lost 2 babies.
And when I was 16, my 2 year old sister Shelly Sue passed away. I do not write this lightly, or without firsthand knowledge of what it is to suffer that gutting grief. It was particularly hard to climb my own mountain of sorrow when I was 16, I had not the mature tools to deal with my grief and only wished to die.
It is a testament to my parents, that the only reason I did not end my life, was respect and consideration for them.
Since I did go on to become a man, I came to realizations that altered my perspective on the world, the universe, and God's Kingdom. I have found that no matter how deep the sorrow, if I only lift my eyes, I can plainly see the Grace.
To you who are hurting, I cannot take away your pain, but I can testify there is One who can, the Grace is so easy to see, many many overlook it, and are never freed from their lament. To those who are hurting from loss, there is especially good news, but there is nothing new about this news.
This is what I saw.
It stands to reason, Heaven is timeless. In the tradition of that old hymn Amazing Grace, "Though we've been there ten thousand years, we no less days .....than when we first begun".
Our babies are exactly as they were, only perfect in body, for they have not aged a day. They have not aged a day, because a day in heaven has not, or ever will pass. Do you have regrets? Trouble yourself no more, because if you have thoughts like, "If only I had.....", or "I wish I never....", you will have that day to do over.
When my babies and yours passed from this world, they were born straightway into heaven. They live, ...and they do so abundantly. They know no pain, no sorrow, no sin or remorse. They have no struggle no strife, no ill nor anguish. They feel no fear, and are victims to none.
When they fall, they laugh not cry, and they play at the feet of Jesus. There is no fear of the dark, because there is no night. The sky is lit with rays from God Himself.
The babies need no baptism, need no repenting. They were, and are, spiritually perfect. They were known to Him from The Beginning, since before the foundation of the Earth, and were never in danger of damnation. They are unique in that regard, as we who are on Earth have all been in danger of Hell.
We cannot question God as he works his marvelous plan. He is not playing God, ...He IS God. We are at His mercy, and by His Grace we can have it. By Grace we will recover, and on that endless beautiful morning be reunited. Did you not have the chance to hold your baby? You'll be able to embrace it, and kiss a kiss, while a million years pass here....or a billion, its up to you.
Much of what I understand can only be described as emotion or instinct, I do not have the skill to convey it. Indeed, language itself, is probably entirely inadequate. Take heart, there is also good news about that.
It only takes meditation to begin hearing His "small, still voice". If you listen, you will hear, the same Voice who told the stormy sea "peace be still". Then you'll know as I do, when that sorrowful tempest, known to us as Grief, blows into your soul, the Grace of it all.
Take heart and see the Amazing Grace. |
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