{Editor’s Note: I’m writing specifically here of the loss of a child … but beloved, as always, I tell you that Truth is unchanging, and while grief is universal, so too, is the grace. My memories here are of our my own wee babes in heaven, one gone home in 2005, one in 2011 … but truly, today I wrote for the mother of Baby B., for whom the grief is still fresh.}
There are befores, and there are afters.
And in the agonizing moments between the two, when loss is happening right now … and my soul is poured out like water {Psalm 22:1-2, 14-15}, I am undone.
The wind and the waves, they are boisterous {Matthew 14:29-31} …
(If you’ve landed here from a linked post, I published an updated version of the rest of this post here, I’d love for you to read it.)
~M.
Your post caused me to still. To sigh with pain. My heart soars to you for your strength in writing this post. And you did not fail because this post IS a story. Beautifully written and each word so obviously filled with love.
Thank you Jamie…my daughter’s name:)…This has been a process years in the making, but it is always cathartic to write about, no matter how removed.
Oh wow. What a powerful, beautiful, raw, and hopeful, story. I can’t imagine the heartache and struggle you’ve endured, but I can say I’ve experienced the same strength and support of our savior in my own storms. I am so thankful for a God who doesn’t leave us alone in our pain, but stoops down and hurts with us, and reminds us that we do not grieve without hope.
Thank you for sharing.
Me too! So grateful. And so grateful that the Truth is universal. Glad to know you;ve experienced the same grace.
Just beautiful. I wouldn’t have even realized you wrote on a different prompt had you not said anything. This is so moving and your writing is divinely inspired. Will be sharing this.
Hope you had a blessed weekend, friend.
Thank you. Left a comment over at your place:)
oh friend. i’m SO glad you shared this with me tonight. these lines struck me hard: And the Story is told across sixty-six books and God-breathed words and Truth is spilled out on the pages and whispered into my broken heart.
i’m sharing this on my blog in the side-column. so much love to you…. e.
Oh I’m so glad it was a blessing. It’s my heart.
Just beautiful Molly. Thank you for sharing your pain AND your hope. Truly, He never brings us through just to abandon us. “I will never leave you or forsake you..” Bless you friend.