"This Strong Consolation" on Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
October 15 was Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. I don’t really have much
of anything eloquent or profound to say in light of it, as on one hand, dozens of emotions are forever crowding my mind, making it hard to even know where to start. On the other hand, I feel empty and dried up, with no more emotions to be had….
Anyway, I do want to share something someone else has already said that is way better than anything I could ever say. Here’s for you moms out there who know the pain and sorrow of losing a child: Be encouraged--it is only a temporary pain, even if it lasts a lifetime. We have a much greater hope and glory to look forward to!
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By the way, this quote came from the book Inheritance of Tears: Trusting the Lord when Death Visits the Womb by Jessalyn Hutto. It is an encouraging read that helped direct me to finding comfort from the true source of comfort: God and His Word. There were only a couple times that I might slightly disagree with her or have stated something a little differently than she did. You can read more about it HERE.
Anyway, I do want to share something someone else has already said that is way better than anything I could ever say. Here’s for you moms out there who know the pain and sorrow of losing a child: Be encouraged--it is only a temporary pain, even if it lasts a lifetime. We have a much greater hope and glory to look forward to!
“Every heart knows its own bitterness, and every heart has bitterness to know. Sin must bring sorrow—tears are the inheritance of earth’s children; but in the city to which we are going ‘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.’I love that last line…we can’t escape the sorrows of this life, but we can keep our eyes on Him and even though there may be no end to the tears, they can be tears that “glisten with the brightness of coming glory.” Aren’t you glad?
“Blessed be your dear name, O Lord, for this ‘strong consolation’—this ‘good hope through grace.’ Tears may, and must come; but if they gather in the eyes that are constantly looking up to You and heaven, they will glisten with the brightness of coming glory.”
~Susanna Spurgeon
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By the way, this quote came from the book Inheritance of Tears: Trusting the Lord when Death Visits the Womb by Jessalyn Hutto. It is an encouraging read that helped direct me to finding comfort from the true source of comfort: God and His Word. There were only a couple times that I might slightly disagree with her or have stated something a little differently than she did. You can read more about it HERE.
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