Death is never easy. Death
often causes us to pound our fist in anguish and weep bitterly … at times we
say, “It was a blessing, the suffering has ended.” … Perhaps we know death is
imminent, even so, our human nature wants to hold onto hope … A sudden death
asks more questions than it finds answers … In reality, One could feel like a
helpless child being tossed around through the waters of death, holding onto
hope one moment and drowning in despair the next … Death is never easy.
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| Heredia Cemetery |
This week we found ourselves walking through the Circle of
Life and Death with one of our El Nido Mamas.
Belky learned early on in her pregnancy that there were problems with
the way her baby was forming and growing. Ultrasounds revealed her baby’s
abdomen had a hole and its abdominal contents were forming outside. Dare she hold onto hope that surgery could be
performed immediately after birth to put these back inside? She then learned
one of her baby’s legs wasn’t growing.
Belky came to El Nido with her soul in anguish. She wanted to hold onto hope however the
reality of life raising a disabled child was overwhelming. We prayed for hope
and believed God for healing. As she
poured out her heart to God through a journal entry she cried desperately for
healing on the wee one in her womb. “She
deserves a chance to run and jump, to experience a normal life with her
siblings, please God, she doesn’t deserve this, give her that chance!
Regardless how this baby looks, I love her from the depths of my heart and only
want the best for her.”
Today … Heaven has received this sweet, precious 4 pound Angel
… Amy Danisha is running and jumping, laughing in the arms of Jesus, free from
a life of suffering on this earth. Today, as we mourned the loss of her life
here on this earth, my soul cries for Belky who longs to hold her sweet babe in
her arms. We find comfort and healing as we cry in each other’s arms, I know
healing comes through these tears. We share this deep seeded peace that one day
we will celebrate with her in Eternity … Please pray for Belky and Julio as
they walk through the pain of this circle of life … Pray they feel the sweet
presence of Jesus in the sleepless nights … Pray for her empty arms to cling
tightly to her Savior … Pray for her soul to find peace and healing through the
tears.
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| Amy Danishia |
Together we find comfort in the precious words from Psalm
139:13-16 …
For you created my
inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I
am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full
well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed
body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them
came to be.
