Today would’ve been Brody’s 6th birthday! A whole lot of life has transpired since I last shared on this blog.
On Brody’s first birthday we surprised our parents with the news that we were pregnant! It was a short lived joy as we miscarried weeks later. But I don’t doubt that it was a timely gift from God that helped sustain us through Brody's 1st birthday. At the time it did seem unimaginable that we would lose another, but I don't doubt for a moment God's timing and plan!
Fast forward to 2020 and we have a 3 1/2 year old boy and a 2 yr old girl! It's hard to remember life before kids now though it was such a short time ago. Busy days with giggles, tears, snot, fighting, endless love... when mere moments ago my arms felt so empty.
God only knows all the reasons for Brody's brief life. One reason I know for sure is the impact he had on others. To this day friends and family testify to how God used Brody's life to impact theirs. Or how watching us suffer and try to give God glory as we opened our hands actually helped strengthen their faith... it's mind blowing to me that God would choose to use me. That He would take me weakness, my tears, my doubts, and turn it into good! Wow!
If you've walked or are currently walking a road of grief... know that you are not alone. While your particular situation is no doubt unique, know that you are not alone! There are many who want to help you, sometimes we just have to be brave enough to take the first step and ASK. It's ok, and good, to ask for help. We want our loved ones to feel free to ask US; we should also feel free to ask for ourselves.
And the greatest help of all you could ever receive is from our creator God. He gives comfort like NONE other can, and in turn helps us to comfort others.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who
comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort
those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we
ourselves are comforted by God. 5 For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too." 2 Corinthians 1:3-5
