Psalm 103:15-17
Psalm 103:15-17 "Our days on earth are like grass; like wildflowers, we bloom and die. The wind blows, and we are gone—as though we had never been here. But the love of the Lord remains forever with those who fear him. His salvation extends to the children’s children.”
Psalm 8:3-4 "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—the moon and the stars you have set in place—what are mortals that you should think of us, mere humans that that you should care for us?”
I went to Washington DC a couple months ago for a travel photography workshop, and one of the places we visited was Arlington National Cemetery. Our decorated servicemen and women and their families are buried there in row after row of headstones. Beside the path, I saw one headstone that wrenched my heart. It read:
His twin daughters
Nancy Roberta
Feb 6 1955 Feb 7, 1955
Catherine Janet
Feb 6, 1955
Feb 10,1955
It’s just names and dates and not much more, but it tells a story of heartache and lost dreams, of a mother’s fear when she realizes her labor has started, of two little girls born much too soon and then gone in what seems like the blink of an eye.
And yet we know that God is mindful of each human life, from the most fleeting to the very longest. His love was with each of these tiny girls as they struggled for life and lost. And His loving care was for their parents in the days their babies lived here on earth and in the years that followed. I don’t know who the parents were or whether they were Christians or not, but I do know that the love of the Lord reached out to them, drawing them to Himself for salvation, for comfort, and for strength.
The Lord our God shapes each one of us through the joy and the pain of life, and it’s usually through the pain that our faith and our character gain depth. The Lord is mindful of us, and He uses all of it for His glory and for our good.
Praise His holy name!
Brenda
Psalm 8:3-4 "When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—the moon and the stars you have set in place—what are mortals that you should think of us, mere humans that that you should care for us?”
I went to Washington DC a couple months ago for a travel photography workshop, and one of the places we visited was Arlington National Cemetery. Our decorated servicemen and women and their families are buried there in row after row of headstones. Beside the path, I saw one headstone that wrenched my heart. It read:
His twin daughters
Nancy Roberta
Feb 6 1955 Feb 7, 1955
Catherine Janet
Feb 6, 1955
Feb 10,1955
It’s just names and dates and not much more, but it tells a story of heartache and lost dreams, of a mother’s fear when she realizes her labor has started, of two little girls born much too soon and then gone in what seems like the blink of an eye.
And yet we know that God is mindful of each human life, from the most fleeting to the very longest. His love was with each of these tiny girls as they struggled for life and lost. And His loving care was for their parents in the days their babies lived here on earth and in the years that followed. I don’t know who the parents were or whether they were Christians or not, but I do know that the love of the Lord reached out to them, drawing them to Himself for salvation, for comfort, and for strength.
The Lord our God shapes each one of us through the joy and the pain of life, and it’s usually through the pain that our faith and our character gain depth. The Lord is mindful of us, and He uses all of it for His glory and for our good.
Praise His holy name!
Brenda
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