Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Heartbreak

“Share each other’s troubles and problems, and in this way obey the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2, NLT)

One of my best friends lost her baby yesterday. She was 10.5 weeks. My heart feels like it is literally breaking for her. I know that pain all too well and have sobbed right along with her. I can really feel her pain because I have been there and know how absolutely terrible it feels.

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.” (2 Corinthians 1:3-4, NIV)

This was the Bible verse from my devotional yesterday morning. Little did I know how pertinent it would be for the day. My Girlfriends in God devotional went on to say,

“Compassion is not just sympathy. It is empathy….the more pain we experience, the more compassionate we will be. We must learn to use our pain in the right way, not lashing out, but looking within to share the pain of others. There is a choice in every pain, an opportunity in every trial. Pain makes us focus inward or outward. It makes us martyrs or merciful. The choice is ours.”

I love that whole paragraph. Because of what I have gone through in losing our babies I am able to truly share her pain with her. It hurts me to watch her going through this more than I can put into words, but God is allowing me to share with her the comfort that I have received from Him! He is giving my pain a purpose and using it to comfort a friend in return. Only God could orchestrate such a thing.

Please be in prayer for my sweet friend.

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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    I am so sorry about your friends baby....that is just not fair :(

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  2. BeckySeptember 28, 2011 at 9:49 PM

    Sadness! My heart goes out to your friend- I understand that pain as well and will definitely be praying!

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  3. StaceySeptember 28, 2011 at 11:08 PM

    Praying for your friend tonight. I'm so sorry and so sad for her. It's truly special that she has you to walk beside her through this. Love that verse that you shared as well as the quote. How very true!

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  4. MeganSeptember 28, 2011 at 11:51 PM

    I'm so sorry about your friend. I am glad you are able to be there for her though. I loved the paragraph about compassion too!

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  5. All in His Perfect TimingSeptember 29, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    I'm so very sorry about your friend. Know that I am praying for her.

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  6. sandySeptember 29, 2011 at 6:10 PM

    Lisa, I am praying for your friend. And, I do so very much agree that is one of the purposes of our trials..to help someone else when they travel a similar trial. I am glad you are there for her. God bless you friend!

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  7. LCSeptember 30, 2011 at 5:05 PM

    Your post really made me think...maybe Gods' reason for us going through this...is to someday be able to comfort someone else. I feel just awful for your friend and will say many prayers for her.

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  8. JessicaOctober 3, 2011 at 7:22 PM

    You are right--only God.

    I read a purely fictional book called Heaven and Hell that painted a pictured of Heaven that was quite breathtaking. It told that in Heaven, the babies that go there (before their parents) will be taken care of by women in Heaven that were never able to have their own children on earth. I thought it was a sweet picture.

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  9. AnonymousOctober 27, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    So true...will be praying for your friend.

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