Saturday evening my wife and I had tickets to see a school play. The title of the play was the Crucible by Arthur Miller. The kids acting in this play did an extraordinary job with their parts which left the audience hanging onto the seats and waiting for every line. In this play were several girls that were in our daughter's class. Many of these girls were invited to our daughter's birthday parties. Each of these girl's fought their own grief when Maria's life was suddenly taken away and they no longer had their friend and organizer of their final class party just before school let out in 2007.
Life has a way of playing dirty tricks on us. You think you will experience another year with your child and then unforeseen events occur that ends his or her life. You expect to live a long and prosperous life with spouse before you experience his sudden loss. Just when you want to just curse God and die God brings miraculous events into your life to show how much he loves you and desires to show you the way out of your grief.
I have discovered in my grief journey that God is a master at helping us out of our grief. He does so by reminding us that Heaven is a very real place and when our loved one dies He brings them home when all things are made new and where there is no more sorrow, pain, or disability.
As my wife and I sat in the audience watching these kids perform we were especially touched by the performances of Ashley and Jillien two of Maria's friends. While we no longer are able to experience life with our daughter we were able to experience her friends lives while at the same time believing that our daughter is acting in all sorts of productions in heaven. Thank you Ashley and Jillien for being our daughter's friends while she was with us.
Grief is very hard to handle, but as we travel through it's healing process we are reminded that those who are left behind are here to support each other until the day God calls you home.
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