Posted on 06/08/2002 11:06:51 AM PDT by OxfordMovement
My three year old son Michael died this morning at 3 a.m. He had been experiencing high fevers for over a month and has been in the hospital again for the last few days. The doctors were unable to determine the cause of his illness and had contacted many others to review the many tests they had run on him.
Though he received very good medical care, his little heart just stopped beating and wouldn't start again. I know he is in the arms of Jesus, but I just don't understand why this has happened.
Please pray for me, my wife, and my other children. I don't know what we are going to do. We are all so upset. The doctor at the hospital gave my wife an injection of a sedative to calm her down. I'm feeling really desperate. God gave us such a beautiful boy, and now He has taken him away from us. I don't understand. Please pray for us.
May God wrap his arms of protection and love around your family at this time of trauma in your lives. Remember He picks you up and carries you through these times, and sometimes we are not even aware of it.
I recently went to a funeral of a young lady, engaged and on an Engaged Encounter weekend with her fiancee, who died during the weekend. Has your doctor checked out myocarditis -- I know I don't have the spelling or even the word right here, but it was a virus that attacks the heart and is very rare.
Salvation
I was unable to understand the "Why" of my husband's death at first, too.
Some books that were helpful to me were:
When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Rabbi Kirschner
On Death and Dying by Elsabeth Kubler-Ross
Without Thorns, It's Not a Rose by Father Jack Scott.
I don't know if the last book is still in print or not, but it is the one that actually pointed out a situation in Science that helped me to understand the "Why".
Also on my homepage is a reference to a grief-recovery weekend called Beginning Experience.
Give yourselves the time and space to grieve.......................it is so important.
And above all, prayer was the one thing that helped the most. Sometimes I would find myself praying every 5 minutes!
May the Lord, indeed, walk with you and your family during this difficult time in your life.
My children and I will (and have been since last night) remembering and devoting our prayers to you and your family.
Your innocent, beautiful Michael is in the arms of Jesus and Mary. God Bless you all and give you the strength to carry on.
....For in Fire gold is tested....... (Sirach, Chapter 2)
Thank God we know where your son is now in the arms of Jesus.
God's comfort will come to you.
O Lord who watches over children in the present life and in the world to come because of their simplicity and innocence of mind, abundantly satisfying them with a place in Abraham's bosom, bringing them to live in radiantly shining places where the spirits of the righteous dwell: receive in peace the soul of Your little servant Michael, for You Yourself have said, "Let the little children come to Me, for such is the Kingdom of Heaven." Amen.
From: Transfiguration Orthodox Prayer Book
OxfordMovement .. My heart is heavy for your lose and I can't find the right words to express as I sit here with tears in my eyes
{{{{{HUGS}}}} to you and your family
I will be saying lots of prayers for you all
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