May 31
It’s Sunday afternoon, and today I say goodbye to a very
painful month, full of loss, of grieving, and tears. Not only did we suffered
an adoption loss, or simply the loss of a baby we though God was giving to us
while on this earth, but we also had loss in our Church Family. This terribly
sad story made news I could freely say worldwide, a tragic accident that took
the lives of two beautiful boys Dobbs and Reed. Though I never met the family
in person I am part of a family they belong to “The Forest Hill Church Family,”
and as scripture says, when one part of the body hurt so does the whole body.
So as the body of Christ called Forest Hill, we all hurt for their loss, but
also celebrate their homecoming to heaven to be with Jesus for eternity, and pray
for their parents daily and faithfully to be covered with the Grace and love
only God can give, and to somehow not let their deaths go in vein. Today a
service was held for them, and I saw videos of this little boy, full of life
and joy and heard his father speak of him with such love, and admiration
towards his son that waits for him in heaven, and couldn’t help myself to think...
-- I want to be like him, like Dobbs, singing to Jesus as
loud as I can and dance for him as I feel He deserves, to live life with such
faith, that of a child, to believe that anything can happen and that God can
truly do ANYTHING. To be FEARLESS because fear isn’t of God, to be COURAGEOUS
and forgiving, like a child is, and to live life to its fullest each and
everyday. Today I decided I will try and live my life like little Dobbs did, to
lift up his faithful parents in prayer each and every day, because in the midst
of such pain and suffering they never for one moment doubted in Jesus, and in
His love, nor did they forget of his goodness. As Pastor David Chadwick said,
“God is NOT the author of EVIL, evil was introduced into the world, and because
of evil we suffer, and our body groans.”
It ‘s hard to think about our loss when a family just
suffered this incomprehensible loss, but I have come to learn about God’s character
and love, and about grieving more this week then I ever did in my life.
We have our friends and family to thank for your constant
reminders of who God is, for your prayers, your thoughts, and for your presence.
We have felt your prayers, love, and support during this difficult time in our
life. We continue to thank God for his mercies and grace, for his constant
protection, which many times is His rejection, for his endless love, and for
his very PERFECT plan.
We have decided to let him be the author of our life, of our
story, a story that is just beginning to be written. And like in every story
that has ever been told, there will be tears, some of joy and some of pain, but
as long as it is written by Him, I am honored to be part of it.
Never for a minute doubt in God and in His love, He sent His
Son Jesus to this world, in human flesh, a man like you and I, so that He could
live a righteous life, to then die on the cross, to grant us a place with Him
in eternity----There is no greater love then this, that He would give His life
for me, for us---
So I will continue to trust in Him like a child would, and
be Still and hear His voice, to learn to follow it, even when the world around
me falls apart, and the waves keep crashing on me, and the room is dark. He
will give guide my footsteps in the darkness, he will be the rock in which I
will lean on, and he will bring me out of the storms.
And He will fulfill His promise and give us the child that
we so much pray for and love, because HE IS FAITHFUL, AND GOOD.
Psalm 46:10
“Be still and know that I am God, I will be exalted among
the nations, I will be exalted in the earth”
-Praying for the Eddings Family-
Laura
