In
"Holding On to Hope", a book about the life and death of her daughter named
Hole, Nancy Guthrie writes:
We had Hope
for 199 days. We loved her. We enjoyed her richly and shared
her with everyone we could. We held her during seizures. Then
we let her go.
The day after
we buried Hope, my husband said to me, "You know, I think we expected our
faith to make this hurt less, but it doesn't." Our faith gave us
an incredible amount of strength and encouragement while we had Hope, and
we were comforted by the knowledge that she is in Heaven. Our faith
keep us from being swallowed by despair.
But I don't
think it makes our loss hurt any less.
Early on in
my journey, I said to God, "Okay, if I have to go through this, then give
me everything. Teach me everything you want to teach me through this.
Don't let this incredible pain be wasted in my life!"
God...allows
good and bad into our lives and we can trust Him with both...Trusting God
when the miracle does not come, when the urgent prayer gets no answer,
when there is only darkness...this is the kind of faith God values most
of all....
I believe that
the purpose of Hope's short life, and my life, was and is to glorify God.
Nancy Guthrie
in "Holding On To Hope"
