Our Second Grandchild

I found out Tuesday evening, October 24, 2006, that I would never hold our second grandchild. He was very young...two months in his mother's womb...when he went to live with the Lord. I don't know for sure he was a boy, but in my heart I think of him as a boy. I'd already begun to think of him as Cole so I need to find out if his parents have given him a name. If so I will need to change my name for him. I don't know if they have and I don't know if they thought he was a boy or girl.

I couldn't write about him when I first found out. I was broken hearted. It hurts something awful to lose a grandchild. I know Jane and Jeremy must be devastated. I cannot even imagine how hard it would be to lose a child. My mind has always shied away from those kinds of thoughts whenever the fear came near. I just learned to trust the Lord to take care of them and reminded myself they are His anyway. I've been praying that the Lord would protect them from the attacks of the enemy who will want to convince them that God is not good because He didn't save their child. Our enemy is sneaky like that...he sees our vulnerable times and seeks to slip his lies into our minds while our guard is down.

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