My word for May 30th is FISHER
All I heard was sobbing on the other end of the phone August
3, 2011 at 5:45 am. I
couldn’t believe what I was hearing.
“Go get mom, the baby has died, go to the hospital”. What? What was my brother telling me?
No this couldn’t’ be true. What was going on? I called him back and said, “Tell me again?” “Fisher has
died in his sleep; they are at the hospital I am headed there. “ I threw on
some clothes and drove to moms.
All the way over there the thoughts raced through my mind, no this
couldn’t be true. When I got to
mom’s I unlocked the door and woke my mother. She immediately thought something was wrong with me, but as
I told her that Fisher had died she just began to say, “No this couldn’t
happen”. My mother knows
first hand what it feels like to lose a child, my sister died at the age of
35. The days and moments ahead were heart breaking. To see my niece stand by the casket
where her beautiful baby rests, tears rolling down her face as she holds his
tiny hand and talks to him softly.
He looked like a baby doll that we could pick up and take home. It is hard to understand death,
especially when it is a baby.
In times of adversity many find it hard to turn their
emotions over to the Lord. We are
in a world of control and we want to be able to control every little step and occurrence
in our lives. Losing a child is an
out of order event that brings with it much sadness. It challenges parents to rebuild their lives with a chunk
missing. How do you fill that void? It is through faith that enables
parents to endure and recover.
When we look at David there are several lessons that we learn from him. First David prayed for his child’s
life. Parents should pray for
their children always, in bad times and good. Parents should pray for God to watch over and protect them,
and give them guidance. The second
and most important is this, when David learned of his child’s death he went to
the Lords house and worshiped.
When we have spiritual confidence we go to the Lord first when adversity
strikes. God frees us to
live. David knew that he couldn’t
change what had happened. He knew
that his child had gone to heaven to be with the Lord. He knew that he would meet his son
again one day. It is when we turn
everything over to Him that our life becomes easier.
How hard it must be to perform a funeral for a 3 month old. The
short three months of this little ones life was completely full of experiences
and love. As we look back at
pictures you can see many expressions on his face. There are pictures and more pictures of every experience
that Fisher encountered, every first.
Little Fishers facial gestures are priceless. Pastor Toops gave words to his many expressions. No wonder the Lord wanted little Fisher
with Him. Fisher has added
character to heaven. Little Fisher
left us with many life lessons, but the most important is this; when adversity strikes
don’t turn away from God, turn to God.
As hard as it is to understand there is a purpose for everything. We will never understand the in’s and
out’s of every situation, but the Lord does. It isn’t for us to figure out. At the end of the service we were sad yes, but at the same
time we were at peace knowing that Fisher was in the hands of Lord continuing
in heaven his journey waiting for others to join him. Fisher is sitting in heaven with the Lord, where he has
received his angel wings. Our
angel baby watching over every step we make, putting a smile on everyone’s face
in heaven.
Today Fisher would be “1”. Happy Birthday sweet baby! Spread your angel wings and fly!
Dear Lord we may not understand but we know you have a
purpose. Please be with Jackie and
Hunter today as they go through the emotions of what would have been Fishers
first birthday. Comfort them and
others who struggle through days asking why? As we travel down this journey of 2012 help us to see your
purpose even in the midst of the storm.
And lastly, Christians who have lost a child have the grand and
faithful promise of God’s word: “And God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither
shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away” (Revelation
21:4).
http://www.gotquestions.org/death-of-a-child.html
Got Questions?org, How should
Christian parents handle the death of a child?
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