Did you realize that King Solomon was a rainbow baby?
The scriptures that surround this situation can be confusing, and even hurtful, especially to those who have lost an infant. Podcast host (and ordained minister), Laura Diehl, spends most of the time on this episode doing her best to untangle these verses, giving listeners new eyes to see and know that God cares, and that He always has a plan for our lives and the lives our of children, no matter how long or short their lives were here on earth.
This episode is part of the series Parents in the Bible Who Lost a Child.
Links
Website: gpshope.org
Email Laura Diehl: laura@gpshope.org
Birthdays:
Jonda Steinkamp was born on April 2nd and is forever 5 months old.
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Remember to Hold On Pain Eases; there is HOPE!
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Grieving Parents Sharing Hope (GPS Hope) is here to walk with parents through the darkness of child-loss, guiding them to a place of hope, light and purpose.
It is a safe place for anyone who has lost a child from this earth. There is no shame or judgment in where you are in this journey, including if you are struggling in your relationship with God or your faith has been completely shattered.
Laura I have heard you say a few times that our children will not have to go through the pain of losing a parent because they have gone on ahead of us and I just can’t wrap my head around that or I guess understand it. But Dominic didn’t want to die and that’s a memory that I sometimes can’t get out of my head. The memory of him grabbing his younger brother, Michael and crying and saying he didn’t want to die. So I guess I’m selfish when I say I would rather have him here living his life to the fullest even though I know one day he and his brothers and sister would have to go through the pain of losing me and their dad. Because I know eventually they would be okay.
These kinds of thoughts can make sense over time, usually two or three years or more, so if you can’t understand it, that’s okay. We are all selfish and would rather have our kids here with us. I still wish that. Being able to have these different perspectives doesn’t usually take that away. That is a terrible memory to have, of your son crying, saying he didn’t want to die.
About the only thing I can say is to try and compare it to something we are familiar with here on earth. Let’s say (before the internet and google) someone lives in a nice house they absolutely love, that has a swimming pool. They have plans to fix it up with things like a rock fountain, add a two story slide, and a hot tub and plan to have it to enjoy for many years. Then this person finds out he inherited a mansion from a rich uncle, but he wants to stay where he is, because he loves what he already has and wants more summers to swim in his pool, and keep working on it to add all the other things.
If he only realized the mansion not only has those things, but the pool is five times the size and has everything he was wanting plus a whole lot more. It also has a basketball court and tennis court, a bowling alley, a small movie theater, comes with ten expensive cars, a couple of motorcycles, and servants to wait on him and take care of it all, then he probably wouldn’t be trying to hang on to his house. I believe that doesn’t even begin to compare with the difference to life here on earth and heaven. I think once we each get there, we will wonder why we thought staying on earth was better.