Abiding Hope Collages is a memorial site for bereaved parents and families who have had to say goodbye to their children too soon. It was started in the fall of 2009 after I lost my daughter May of that year. After watching so many other women reach out and help babylost families, I desperately wanted to give back some way too. I prayed for a while for something and I believe this is what God has given me to do. I am so thankful to be able to provide this service to babylost parents and plan to do so as long as God will allow me to.
It is tragic that there is a place for memorial sites for children in this world. And there are endless questions that will never be revealed in our lifetime. After experiencing great loss and immense uncertainty, we have to reconcile our uncertainties somewhere. This site was born out of an urgency to hope for things unseen in spite of grief. This hope, this abiding hope, is made possible through the promises in God's Word.
"And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three..."
1 Corinthians 13:13a
1 Corinthians 13:13a
As babyloss parents, our hopes may all be worded a little differently, but in the end...
We hope that we will see our babies again.
We hope that we will see our babies again.
We hope they are in being well taken care of and at peace in their new home.
We hope that we can somehow find rest, peace and joy in this life again.
Because Jesus Christ died on the cross, we can cling to all of these hopes if we have received him, as things that WILL come to pass, and things that can be counted on. Through Him, our hopes become realities. Our pain is ever present, but our hope is not wishful thinking, it is real.
It is something we just have to wait for.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you..."
It is something we just have to wait for.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you..."
1 Peter 1:3,4
