I know it has been a while since I wrote. I guess in some ways I feel like my life stopped on that awful day in November when our baby died. Yesterday was my due date and it was a hard lonely day, with no new life to celebrate. We really appreciate your prayers for us in this season as we walk through the valley of the shadow of death. I came across this poem recently that seemed to sum up everything we have been grieving this week.
Birthdays in Heaven
No cake
No candles
No shouts of glee
No hats
No horns
No, "Mommy watch me!"
Just tears
And sorrow
And a heavy heart
For my baby with no birthday
No brand-new start.
Are there birthdays in Heaven?
A party each day?
To celebrate life
In a celestial way?
Oh, I can hear the laughter
I can feel the joy
It's a King's celebration
For each girl and boy
A gathering of his children
A feast of His love
My heart wings to Heaven
For the party above.
-Judy Gordon Morrow
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We are an American family, living in Southeast Asia, with a passion for life, a thirst for adventure and a heart that belongs to our Lord, Jesus Christ.
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"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
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We are an American family, living in Southeast Asia, with a passion for life, a thirst for adventure and a heart that belongs to our Lord, Jesus Christ.
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2 comments:
what a beautiful poem! i know this week must have been so hard for both of you. i can't imagine your pain but i'm praying for God's comfort and peace for you.
it's a perfect poem. our prayers are going up for you too.
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