A temporary goodbye

It is with a broken heart that  I  must tell you Mya

has gone Home to her Savior.  I've never met her

or her family, and met  her grandfather only once

last year, yet I share in their pain and sorrow.  The

Bible tells us in Romans 12:15 we are to:

Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.

And in Job 2:13 it says:
Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.
 

When part of the body dies, we all suffer. 
  

 

I remember a woman in a grief 

group I attended saying that she didn't understand that
dying meant dead.  As strange as that sounds, I realized
that I felt the exact same way but had never been
able to put it into words.  When we experience a slow
death from cancer, sometimes we wish their pain
would just go away.  But we don't want them to die!
 They are still there with us. 
When they die it is a shock  How do you
process something like that, especially when
it involves a child?  God has mercifully given us
an  anesthetic so we are able to process our
pain little by little.  As we experience the pain
of our loss He is with us each step of the
way with His comforting touch.  As Believers
we know that our loved ones aren't truly
"lost" though. We know exactly where they
are; with the Savior.  But that doesn't take away
our pain.  Jesus understand this.  He also
understand when sometimes our pain turns
to anger.  My sister once told me that God
"has big shoulders"  He understands our anger
and that it is only a result of pain, not the loss
of  Faith.  We aren't angry at God, only
the unfairness of it all.  We know that our
 Heavenly Father understands all these emotions
because He experienced them as well. 
What better way to understand than to become like us.
Please continue to pray for Mya's family.  They
will need the support of the body as they
travel through these uncharted waters.