Comments on: A Poem For the Grievers Out There http://mollypiper.com/2010/01/a-poem-for-the-grievers-out-there/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 18 May 2012 02:00:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kelly http://mollypiper.com/2010/01/a-poem-for-the-grievers-out-there/#comment-6484 Kelly Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:03:58 +0000 http://thepipers.wordpress.com/?p=1615#comment-6484 THANK YOU .....I will be sharing this poem with my family and friends.....xoxo THANK YOU …..I will be sharing this poem with my family and friends…..xoxo

]]> By: Branson http://mollypiper.com/2010/01/a-poem-for-the-grievers-out-there/#comment-5695 Branson Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:12:13 +0000 http://thepipers.wordpress.com/?p=1615#comment-5695 My wife had a miscarriage last May and even though she was only about 8 weeks along, the loss was devastating. (I weep even now as I write this.) But, we weep with hope. Hope that God's loving sovereignty brought this to us for our good and His glory. The miscarriage came along simultaneously with a few other significant trials in our marriage, but through them all, God has given us faith to believe in His goodness. Our oldest, who is four, insisted that the baby was a girl and so she has named her Baby Faith. We cling to Jesus, who has suffered in every way, just as we have. By His affliction and suffering, our freedom from it is bought. All will be made right. My wife had a miscarriage last May and even though she was only about 8 weeks along, the loss was devastating. (I weep even now as I write this.) But, we weep with hope. Hope that God’s loving sovereignty brought this to us for our good and His glory. The miscarriage came along simultaneously with a few other significant trials in our marriage, but through them all, God has given us faith to believe in His goodness. Our oldest, who is four, insisted that the baby was a girl and so she has named her Baby Faith. We cling to Jesus, who has suffered in every way, just as we have. By His affliction and suffering, our freedom from it is bought. All will be made right.

]]> By: Kate http://mollypiper.com/2010/01/a-poem-for-the-grievers-out-there/#comment-5651 Kate Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:24:51 +0000 http://thepipers.wordpress.com/?p=1615#comment-5651 Wow, I really did not expect to read that and consequently burst into tears. But now that I have, I wonder if it's even possible to get through it <i>without</i> crying! Very, very beautiful. Wow, I really did not expect to read that and consequently burst into tears. But now that I have, I wonder if it’s even possible to get through it without crying! Very, very beautiful.

]]> By: Chris http://mollypiper.com/2010/01/a-poem-for-the-grievers-out-there/#comment-5650 Chris Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:20:06 +0000 http://thepipers.wordpress.com/?p=1615#comment-5650 Beautiful...I'm grateful for gifts of words that speak across the miles and even through the centuries... Beautiful…I’m grateful for gifts of words that speak across the miles and even through the centuries…

]]> By: Debby http://mollypiper.com/2010/01/a-poem-for-the-grievers-out-there/#comment-5649 Debby Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:30:19 +0000 http://thepipers.wordpress.com/?p=1615#comment-5649 I'm glad there was a thick washcloth on my desk when I read this. Tears, hugs and much love to you, Molly. I’m glad there was a thick washcloth on my desk when I read this. Tears, hugs and much love to you, Molly.

]]> By: Steph http://mollypiper.com/2010/01/a-poem-for-the-grievers-out-there/#comment-5648 Steph Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:05:41 +0000 http://thepipers.wordpress.com/?p=1615#comment-5648 I am approaching the first anniversary of the stillbirth of my first baby, a precious little boy, on 23 January 2009. My second, beautiful son has just been born (on 5 January 2010) at 29 weeks plus 6 days because the same complications that killed my first baby had started to rear their ugly heads and so the decision was made to deliver by emergency ceasarean. He is a miracle baby (fearfully and wonderfully made - despite weighing just under 3lbs) and is progressing beautifully in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit. He is a week old today. My husband and I are praising God for his protection and are believing Psalm 91 for our darling boy. Despite the amazing joy of this new birth I have cried many tears for my firstborn in this last week and this beautiful poem has set me off again. Our God is good and I know that one day I will behold my son's face as a perfect, heavenly man I often dream of that day. Life is beautiful and it is a rich tapestry of joy and grief. I love the last line of this poem. Despite overwhelming joy, there is a grief that must have way. Thank you. I live in New Zealand (the ends of the earth to some!). I always read your blog and am always blessed by it. I am approaching the first anniversary of the stillbirth of my first baby, a precious little boy, on 23 January 2009.
My second, beautiful son has just been born (on 5 January 2010) at 29 weeks plus 6 days because the same complications that killed my first baby had started to rear their ugly heads and so the decision was made to deliver by emergency ceasarean. He is a miracle baby (fearfully and wonderfully made – despite weighing just under 3lbs) and is progressing beautifully in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit. He is a week old today. My husband and I are praising God for his protection and are believing Psalm 91 for our darling boy.
Despite the amazing joy of this new birth I have cried many tears for my firstborn in this last week and this beautiful poem has set me off again. Our God is good and I know that one day I will behold my son’s face as a perfect, heavenly man I often dream of that day.
Life is beautiful and it is a rich tapestry of joy and grief. I love the last line of this poem. Despite overwhelming joy, there is a grief that must have way.
Thank you. I live in New Zealand (the ends of the earth to some!). I always read your blog and am always blessed by it.

]]> By: terry http://mollypiper.com/2010/01/a-poem-for-the-grievers-out-there/#comment-5647 terry Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:41:12 +0000 http://thepipers.wordpress.com/?p=1615#comment-5647 All of us who have lost a child know these words- familiar to our hearts, whether we have uttered them or not. I am further down the road from you.... .. and the grief is not so fresh. And yet, similar to the man spoken of above-- it can at times seem so vivid. Now though.... only gratitude for a faithful , loving God. Interesting, though -- isn't it- how we imagine our not-grown up children who have gone before us? "Fair maiden"-- not a child? No "children "in Heaven??? I have often dreamed of our little one running to us- ( though she was only a baby when she left) as a young child... But we will be known as we are known- and the best part is that whatever God ordains, it will be "more than we could ever ask or think". We live in the shadowlands. Praise God! All of us who have lost a child know these words- familiar to our hearts, whether we have uttered them or not. I am further down the road from you…. .. and the grief is not so fresh. And yet, similar to the man spoken of above– it can at times seem so vivid. Now though…. only gratitude for a faithful , loving God.

Interesting, though — isn’t it- how we imagine our not-grown up children who have gone before us? “Fair maiden”– not a child? No “children “in Heaven???
I have often dreamed of our little one running to us- ( though she was only a baby when she left) as a young child…
But we will be known as we are known- and the best part is that whatever God ordains, it will be “more than we could ever ask or think”. We live in the shadowlands. Praise God!

]]> By: ebe http://mollypiper.com/2010/01/a-poem-for-the-grievers-out-there/#comment-5646 ebe Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:52:49 +0000 http://thepipers.wordpress.com/?p=1615#comment-5646 How heartbreakingly beautiful. Thank you for sharing. I'm so thankful we grieve with hope, and yes do we grieve. How heartbreakingly beautiful.
Thank you for sharing.

I’m so thankful we grieve with hope, and yes do we grieve.

]]> By: Lisa notes... http://mollypiper.com/2010/01/a-poem-for-the-grievers-out-there/#comment-5645 Lisa notes... Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:34:54 +0000 http://thepipers.wordpress.com/?p=1615#comment-5645 My prayers are with you, too. Even though we grieve with hope, we still grieve. My little daughter would have been 16 last November had she lived. I still miss her. My prayers are with you, too. Even though we grieve with hope, we still grieve. My little daughter would have been 16 last November had she lived. I still miss her.

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