http://www.gavinowens.com/
http://www.mycharmingkids.net/
This morning as I was getting ready I felt a "God whisper" to go check these little boys' blogs.
So I did.......and I am full of thankfulness. Thankful our children are healthy. Thankful that even though they fight and are in a tough season of stubborness.......they are still healthy. And thankful for doctors and surgeons. And thankful Jesus gives the ultimate healing.
For last night.....little Gavin Owens went to be with Jesus. I know I have requested prayer for that family before.....but now I'm gonna ask you again. I absolutley cannot imagine losing a child and letting them go into the arms of Jesus forever. Last year, as we watched our little Gabe laying in the hospital bed, the unknown stretched before us......we had a teeny tiny glimpse of how we have no control. God holds our lives.....each one of us in His hands and He controls how long we get to keep our precious little ones in our earthly arms.
My mama heart doesn't want to even grasp this possiblity. But it's the facts. These little ones are not just mine.......they are only on loan to me for a season. They are gifts that God bestows on us......and what amazing gifts they truly are!
And then there's little Stellan. He was doing amazing for awhile and then just like that, his little heart slipped back into SVT. He is now in critical condition again awaiting the dangerous ablation surgery in Boston, being worked on by the best surgeons.......but even still, he is God's child first.
It's almost not fair........sometimes I get so angry and ask God, "Why? Why these beautiful little children?!?!?!? What is the greater purpose?!?!?!" As parents, they are expressing how thankful they are for the ultimate and eternal healing....but still.... the letting go. My heart doesn't want to know that feeling.....ever.
Last night, one of my friends lost her mama to cancer. She went to be with Jesus and isn't suffering or in pain anymore. I'm thankful......but angry. Why? Last week, a teacher in a neighboring community lost his very young wife to cancer also......and left behind her husband and beautiful baby girl. Why, God???? Why? That little baby still needed her mama!!!!
But at the same time.....I'm so thankful. Thankful that Jesus died on the Cross for our sins, and even made it possible, that there is eternal hope after earthly death.
Please go to their blogspots and make sure you read the sidebar "twitters" with the latest updates. And please please pray for those families. My site counter tells me there are almost 40 of you out there that read my blog daily. That's 41 of us praying for them.....that's more prayers of comfort, healing, and peace to cover them.
And be thankful today for your loved ones.....hold them closer.....kiss them deeper....love them fuller....and let the small things go.
1 comment:
Thanks for sharing this, Laura. I watched one of my best friends go through this same thing with her baby boy last April when he passed away from a heart condition at 9 weeks. "Why?" is still the question that haunts me. I try to use little Jesse's short life as a constant reminder to never take a moment for granted with my Harrison. Each day is so precious.
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