Soon it will be the three year anniversary of the death of our grandson, Caleb. As you know he died Christmas Eve of 2006. My heart is in wrenching torment as I think about my son and daughter in law waking up to the devastating reality that Caleb is really gone. I cannot fathom the pain they must feel every time they remember finding our little guy’s lifeless body in his crib that fateful Christmas Eve morning.
Death is a part of life – it is the cycle of life; we live and we die. But the death of an innocent baby just doesn’t make any sense. Why would God allow an innocent child to die when he is loved so very much by his family? It just doesn’t seem fair! It turns the cycle of life upside down when a parent buries their child; no matter what age their child is.
How God must have been in torment when He watched as His Son was beaten, tortured and hung on a cross to die for a sinful world. His son was innocent, too. The bible says God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21 Jesus was the perfect, sinless child of God and He chose to die for us as His heavenly Father looked on. I can only imagine the pain and heartache of God as He watched as His only son was beaten before being made to carry His own cross to His death. What about Mary? Can you imagine her anguish as she watched this horrible event happen right before her eyes? I know pain and I know heartache but nothing like what God, Joseph and Mary went through as parents and what Jesus went through as a their son.
I am grateful for the sacrifice that God and Jesus made for me! Because of the death of God’s Son I am saved and have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son so that who so ever believeth in Him should not perish but have ever lasting life. John 3:16 The bible says that suffering makes us stronger and I believe that. I am stronger now in my faith than I have ever been. I look forward to the day that I meet my God and my Jesus face to face and the day I get to see our little Caleb again. Just as sweet and perfect as the day we lost him. Blessed are those who mourn for, they will be comforted. Matthew 5:4
Christmas is the time of the year that Christians all around the world celebrate the birth of our Savior and rejoice in our salvation. Because it is the most special time of the year we also remember our loved ones who are no longer with us. Although this tends to make us sad we should also rejoice in the fact that our loved one is in heaven and spending the most special time of the year with the person responsible for it – JESUS! Can you imagine Christmas in heaven?
During this Christmas season I pray that each of us will take the time to reflect on our lives and give thanks to our creator, God, for all things……good and bad because He has a plan for each of us and His plans are perfect.
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:11-13
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