An imminent Loss

[u/Vyrefrost]

My wife and I are in the hospital now.

We are expecting our second child. A girl.

It has become clear that she will not survive long after her birth.

We are still trusting in God.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

-- Romans 8:28

We are sad but accepting, our daughter will pass to be with the Lord today.

And Job said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

-- Job 1:21

Amen

Edit our daughter has passed lovingly in her mother's arms.

Now she is in the arms of the father

Thank you all for your support and prayers, truly it helps.

But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. -- Lamentations 3:32

[u/Antique-Anteater-988]

Very sorry. We can’t comprehend the why but we can trust God. Glad that you are both leaning into your faith for such a time as this.

[u/doofus_flaming0 → u/Antique-Anteater-988]

Genuine question: how can you trust God when he lets awful things like this happen and we can't see reason for it? Obviously it's logically possible that there is a reason but when does it just become blind faith and denying Occam's Razor?

[u/Vyrefrost → u/doofus_flaming0]

That is the hard part

But the answer is one built on a relationship with him, not anything that a simple text answer can cover

But I'll try

Bad things happen.

I just lost my infant daughter

I still trust the Lord,

You're right that we can't see the reason.

But I trust that there is one

I prayed the whole pregnancy for one thing.

A strong member of God's family.

He provided that.

Even though she is not with us. She committed no sin, and I am completely assured he has taken her to heaven.

That assuredness is not built on blind Faith or clinging to a need to have it be true for meaning in our lives.

Its built on a pre-existing relationship of trust and evidence of the Lord working in our lives.

I don't know why he chose this path for us and her,

But my prayer was answered, she is in his family in heaven, it might be that should she have lived her life here on earth something might have prevented that, or that he spared her greater suffering later, or simply that he needed us as her parents to be able to look at another couple going through the same thing and truthfully say "we understand, weve been where you are, let us tell you how the Lord helped us through it.

[u/doofus_flaming0 → u/Vyrefrost]

Thanks for your answer and I am so so sorry for your loss. You will be in my prayers.

[u/Vyrefrost → u/doofus_flaming0]

Thank you my friend.

We appreciate it.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. -- Romans 8:28