Leah Grace

Children are a gift from God. He is the one who determines what our gift is. He marks out the days of each gift and has special plans for each gift. He loves his gifts so much. Luke and Kristine (my son and daughter-in-law) have a new gift on the way. But this gift is extra special. She is Leah Grace. She has been diagnosed with Trisome 13. This is an extra chromosone on the 13th segment. It is not compatable with life outside the womb at least not for very long. Her life may only exist here on this earth in the womb but she has a life in heaven that is for all eternity. We may know her for a very short time here but we will know her where there will be no end, for all time and eternity. There is sorrow for us here now but someday there will be joy. I have not really asked 'why' in this situation. As I get older I have come to realize that rarely ever does the 'why' get answered. We must trust in what we know about God. He is loving. He does not make mistakes. He has a plan even in pain. He has prepared an eternity that is even beyond all that we could imagine and we need to realize that true living is not here but in eternity. Jesus has shown us the way to eternal life when he said in John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father but through me".
I am trusting little Leah Grace into the best arms that could ever hold her -- into a loving heavenly Father's arms. That is comfort for me.