I received an email from an old friend today - she lost her daughter to leukemia years ago when she was only 8, so she knows far better than I the deep darkness and pain of grief in losing a child. She shared Psalm 116:15 with me, and it touched a special place in my heart:
"His loved ones are VERY precious to him and he does not lightly let them die."
To know that there is a purpose in death...and that it is not something that the Lord brushes off as another insignificant detail of our lives as humans...or as merely another name on a list of deceased..."He does not lightly let them die." Praise God for that.
She also shared some of the lyrics from an old song by Twila Paris called, "Do I Trust You Lord". I'll share them below, the closing chorus especially expresses where I'm at right now...
Sometimes my little heart can't understand
What's in your will, what's in your plan.
So many times I'm tempted to ask you why
But I can never forget it for long,
Lord what you do could not be wrong
So I believe you even when I must cry,
Do I trust you Lord?
Does the river flow?
Do I trust you Lord?
Does the north wind blow?
You can see my heart, You can read my mind
And you've got to know I would rather die
Than to lose my faith in the One I love.
Do I trust you Lord?
Do I trust you?
I will trust you, Lord when I don't know why
I will trust you, Lord, til the day I die
I will trust you, Lord when I am blind with pain
You were God before and You'll never change
I will trust you, Lord
I will trust you,
I will trust you, Lord
2 comments:
Beautiful thoughts, Liz. I love what your friend shared with you - that his loved ones are very precious to him and he does not lightly let them die. That is so beautiful how much the Lord loves these little ones. Praying for you as you miss your precious Hopie.
Learning to trust God is a lifelong journey. It's very hard to trust Him when everything seems like your worst nightmare. But trust and honesty are absolute essentials in any relationship. Without them, there is no true intimacy.. And that's what God created us for: to have an intimate relationship with HIm.
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