Abigail Faith
I have a granddaughter
that lost her 8 year old son last January. I am dedicating this week's series
entitled "Abigail Faith" to her and many other
hurting parents who have suffered the loss of a child.
This story is from
Michelle Mora, a mother who is celebrating her daughter's anniversary on 3/29. Michelle
is dedicated to reaching out to hurting parents by using her blog and we would
like to invite you to visit her at
https://inmemoryofabigailfaith.wordpress.com.
When I asked Michelle
about using her story to post on my blog so that many more parents would have
the chance to read her and Abigail’s story, this was her quick response.
Wow! Yes. Definitely okay
with this. I want my daughter's story shared because I know she had a purpose.
More glory to God! I’m definitely going to be writing another post as I usually
do on her birthday. She has given me a purpose and a testimony.
Thank you for reaching
out as I know God is working mightily and will continue to do so. I'm also
expecting another little one so my hope is to share hope in this season of my
life. It’s difficult to be in these shoes again but God will give me hope and
strength through it all. Thank you and God bless all. Michelle
Abigail
Faith
By
Michelle Mora
I am so sorry. There
aren’t many words that can be said to ease the pain and I am sorry you are having
to endure this pain. Yet, I know the pain very well and I can taste your tears.
My heart aches with you. I know about all your hopes and dreams and all that you
expected was broken in one quick moment and your world was flipped upside down
never to be the same again. You have had to experience the most overwhelming
empty feeling that you never thought could exist.
I too lost my precious
princess Abigail Faith. I went from one moment having a perfect, precious,
healthy little girl with so much expectations for the future to it all falling
apart in one day, when I heard the nurses’ telling me my daughter no longer had
a heartbeat. They had to tell me that my daughter had passed in my womb before
I had even laid my eyes on her. I literally felt my heart breaking and a
stabbing feeling in my stomach.
Please forgive, I don’t
want to add to your pain, I don’t want to just tell you I know your pain.
Instead I want to let
you know that no matter how painful this is or how angry you may be, or how sad
and overwhelmed you are feeling, I want you to know that you can and will get
through this.
I want you to know that
there is a God in Heaven who loves you. A God that you might not believe in or
a God you might be mad at right now. But the fact still remains that He loves
you.
I can’t explain it all
but I can tell you one thing, He loves you more than you can imagine and that
He is crying with you and He feels your pain. The crazy part is He is crying
out to you trying to get your attention to let you know that He does NOT want
you to go through this alone.
He has promises He wants
to show you and promises that could never be broken. He wants to give you His
hope, His peace, His comfort, His strength, His goodness, His love, His
restoration and ETERNITY. He loves you so much He gave HIS SON (HIS ONLY CHILD)
Jesus Christ, to die for you so you can come to Him and rest in His promises.
He knows exactly your pain and wants to hold you in His unfailing love.
I have experienced your
pain, but the one thing and it’s the only thing that got me through this was
Jesus Christ. Don’t think I am just coming to you with some religious words and you want to shut me out. I am talking about a RELATIONSHIP. A relationship
that is like no other.
Do you want to know
about this joy, peace and strength that is getting me through this tragedy?
That even though I am hurting, Jesus has replaced it with His strength and
peace.
I can rejoice knowing
of His promises and knowing He is holding my baby. That she is in better hands
than even mine. No matter how much I desire her in my arms, what better way
than having her with my beloved Father in Heaven. He is holding on to your
little one too.
My reality is, if I
can’t have my daughter here with me, I know she is waiting for me to come to
her arms. I will continue to rest in God’s promises until that day when I
will be in their presence. I have this reason to strive for heaven and I will not
give up and I pray you don’t either.
This is just the
beginning of my story but I want to help you. I want to be here with you, to
let you know that you are not alone. That
even though I am hurting just as much as you, there is hope. I want to show you
the way that will get you through this and that my daughter and your child will
continue to live on through us and that no matter how short their lives were…they
had a purpose.
May you take this
journey with me through my pain, struggle and weaknesses and strive for the hope
I hold onto. Let Jesus into your life, let Him into your heart and let Him hold
you and guide you through this difficult journey we call life. If you do not
understand His ways let’s begin with this promise,“
For I know the plans I
have for you,” declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11
May you understand that
God isn’t trying to harm you and know that even through this heartache blessings
are coming.
His plans for you are mighty and amazing and He
wants to give you His promise. There’s just one simple thing you have to do if
you want Him to, and that is to let Him come into your life.
Even if you believe in Him He wants you to
start having this relationship with Him and by doing so begin to talk with Him.
Tell Him you want Him to guide your life and to show you His plans and the
purpose which He has created you for. To give you His peace and strength and
comfort that you so desperately need right now. Just try it and do not allow anything or
anyone to stop you.
Know
this, God wants you just the way you are right now, you don’t need to change
anything just talk to Him and invite Him into your heart. Let’s pray.
“God, I need you, I want you to come into my life and
into my broken heart. I believe you sent your only son who died on the cross for
ME.
Will you forgive me for all that I have done against you
and cleanse my conscience, my heart and my mind. Renew me and guide me in the right direction. Make me into
a new person, the person you desire for me to be. I pray In Jesus name,
Amen.”
Now let
Him heal you and draw close to HIM. I can promise you that this will encourage
you, because He has become my joy, peace and strength and nothing compares to
the LOVE He gives.
I share this with you in Loving Memory of my Sweet Abigail Faith. I will glorify God by
showing others His love, faith and hope that He provides when I rest in His
promises. That no matter what this world brings into my life nothing is
impossible with God.
Abigail Faith – For the Joy of
the Father
“Therefore, since we have been justified by
faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have
also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand and
we rejoiced in hope of the glory of God. Not
only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces
endurance, and endurance produces
character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to
shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy
Spirit who has been given to us.
For
while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person though perhaps
for a good person one would dare even to die. But God shows his love for us in
that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, how much more
shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies before we were reconciled to God then
by the death of his Son, now we are reconciled, and be saved by His life and more
than that, we also rejoice in God.” Romans 5:11
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