Knowing Him and Trusting in His Love and Goodness
Yesterday my niece and her husband lost their 10 month old baby girl. In our grieving the Lord impressed upon me the words He spoke to me several years ago; “Your kingdom walk is in your knows and what you speculate about I will bring to your knowing when you need to know it.” We cannot understand why we suffer such tragic loss in our life, but we know our Lord and that He is with us and we must rest in what we know in Him. My wife Sherry felt impressed to write the following concerning the loss of little sweet Cate. I am posting these words because I believe they may be a salve to open wounds and a heavenly perspective for those suffering their own loss. This is the Facebook post she made:
“I by no means have been appointed official spokesperson by my wonderful family. No one even knew I would post, nor did I know I would be posting anything on Facebook today. The Lord has been dealing with my heart as Scott and I have been praying for sweet Brittany, Lane, Olivia and Ava, Kenny, Rhonda, Hayley (the most amazing Aunt in the world) and the entire Thompson, Baker and Roberts families. I would first like to say that we love and appreciate everyone so much for your prayers and words of encouragement. Where would we be without the Lord, and where would we be without all of you rallying around us so lovingly and prayerfully at the sorrowful passing of our beloved Baby Cate. Cate was truly a precious gift from the Lord, as are all of our children. As James says in scripture, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.” Baby Cate is a perfect gift that we have been so blessed to love and cherish and will continue to love and cherish as we remember her sweetness and beautiful face full of smiles. Can anyone explain why things like this happen? I sure cannot, and I will not try. What the Lord has been dealing with me about is to trust who He is and know that there is no variation or shadow of turning with Him. He is good all the time, His mercies are new every morning, His love and faithfulness is great and everlasting, and there is nowhere we can go nor any pain we can go through that He does not cherish us and hold us in the palm of His hand. We do mourn, as right now, Brittany and Lane would love nothing more than to have their little family together again, but we do not mourn as those who have no hope. Our hope is in you Lord and the promise that we will see you, Cate and all of our loved ones in you again. As you tell us in Isaiah, it is you, Lord, who gives us a crown of beauty instead of ashes and the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. We will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of His splendor. If you do not know this wonderful loving Jesus we serve, you can. Please seek Him today with your whole heart, and He will meet you right where you are. We love you all.”
God Bless you, and thank you Lord for allowing us to have each other and the precious gift of our time with baby Cate. We are grateful she is with you and we will be with her again because of you Lord.
