October 22, 2008
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My heart is heavy today
Just when I thought that it was healing from my good friend having her miscarriage, I learn that another friend is going through the same thing. I have been contemplating the fact that a pot of soup and a loaf of homemade bread does little to ease the loss of a child. Intellectually I know that the thoughts, efforts, and most of all the prayers that they know are coming their way are appreciated and do help. Yet there is a certain helplessness I experience more and more as I get older. I want to spare others the pain and suffering that goes along with this type of loss. I know that it is necessary in the plan of God and that it is by no means something that cannot be born and yet I want to take it all away. Having gone through it all before I know how paralyzing it can be. Faith is all that there is that can get you to the other side. And yet there is really no other side. This is something that will be there forever. There is no getting past it or putting it behind them.
My prayer for both of these ladies is that they accept and use the grace that God sends to them to realize that their loss is for some good and to look for the good in it. To hold those precious babys in their hearts for all of their lives and to never stop using their intercessory powers. To remember always that they stand before the throne of God now and that they can petition Him for their needs also. That our good God will never deny one of His little saints anything because they would never ask for anything that is not for our good.
God’s best blessings on both of these families as they weather this storm.
Comments (5)
I’ll be including both ladies in my prayers.
@MlleRobillard - Many thanks. You and Ashley continue to come with me to daily Mass. Rest assured that you are in the arms of Our Lord and Our Lady.
I’ll be praying for peace, and healing. Praying God will show Himself in special ways to them at this time.
I’ll pray for them also, and thank God that they have a friend like you!
Thanks for coming by my site–I look forward to getting to know you. Love your name! I haven’t read the Space trilogy in years–maybe it’s time again?
It’s so difficult to hear of hear of close friends losing their babies due to miscarriage. And I’m sure your making them a homemade dinner does help in some way. When I lost my baby earlier this year, a friend who had gone through the same thing (twice) made us dinner, and this small gesture of kindness did make me feel a bit better. Though it was all the many prayers of friends and family that got us through the trial, I could feel it.