Nicholas Malachi

"When you can't see His hand, trust His heart"

 I have heard that song over the years and I always thought that it was a great song...but until April 1 I have never had to trust that heart so much.....This past month and a half I have had to face situations that I NEVER thought I would face.   On April 1st I got a very devastating phone call.   A week before my precious baby nephew, Nicholas Malachi was to enter this world, God took him to another world. A world that is far more beautiful then we can ever imagine....Heaven!   

We don't understand why? We want him here with us.  It was not supposed to be like this. Our arms are empty! But through all of the questions, the deep sadness that is so hard to get through, God has been there... He has been with Nicholas's precious parents...He is giving them the strength that they need, day by day.  He has been there with us as a family...Giving us all the strength to get through this together, and to be there for each other. And He has been there for me. He is a personal God.  He cares..."Oh yes He cares, I know He cares, His heart is touched with my grief."   It has taken me a while to share this.  It still hurts...

The shock of that phone call that I received is still with me.  But I am so thankful that even though we hurt and the pain is real.  My God is there to help me through.  

"He's my Lord, there is no other one, who can calm the storms of life, like my Lord." That song has been going through my mind all day today.  As I look back, I can see that God has been calming the storm.  He has been there through this storm and He will be with me in the storms that may come in the future....

 

~Nicholas, you have made Heaven sweeter for me~