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{From the Archives of Connie's Letters. June 2015.}
Ya know in my testimony "Bring Him Home"... I explain that when Jim came home and had given his heart to the Lord, he had asked me to have another child. . We had 3 children already ...Well I didn't want to have anymore children at the time. . Jim never stayed home over 3 months. . and when he asked me to have another child he was due to leave me again. . He had been home about 2 and a half months. . I was trying to keep a cap on my fears. .
Yes I believed he was truly a Christian now. . But even Christians make mistakes. . I was wanting him to prove himself and be home maybe a year? at least? before we took on another baby..?
But the Lord spoke to my heart that I needed to continue to walk by faith. . . So I said "Yes" to Jim's desire to have another child. . I wanted another child too. . .but I was just wanting to wait a while. .
Anyway our dear David was due on Jim's birthday, Oct 27th. . Jim got to see him being born. . Jim hadn't been with me for the first 3 children. . Jim had been healed and was to be home with us until he died, 27 years later...
Our David was always so quiet .. A peace maker.....He was deeply spiritual. . When I homeschooled the children, we started every day with devotions. .The children had to answer questions about the Bible. . David always knew the answers. . And when most of the kids moved away after Jim died, and they were grown. . . David never moved away. . His wife, the other day, told me that David stayed close to watch over his mother. . me. . He refused to leave.
David is our son who died a year ago on June 16th . . He died at age 33 . . His wife had their children pick out bushes and plant them in their yard as a remembrance of the first year after David's death. . The plants were called David. . . and they were white. . I had often written about the pure white rose with the crimson stain. . .
About a month ago, David's wife brot a pic over that she framed. . David was an artist. . Anyway, it was a pic of a Locked heart with a ribbon flowing through it that says Mom and Dad on it. . Now Jim and David are in Heaven together.
And I don't mean to say David was perfect. . But there seems to be a reason for his birth. . probably more than what I know. . And a reason for his death. .
After we had his memorial and we were all out visiting on my front porch, carloads of kids rolled in and came up on the porch. . I heard over and over . . . as they shook hands with me and introduced themselves. . "David was our best friend"... I fought back the tears then as I do now. . I trust in God to heal my broken heart. . . .Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him. . Love Connie
1 comment:
Thank you for your post about your son David. Our son Daniel ( 20) died 4 years ago. Like your son he was not perfect but he stayed close by me and his Dad and did not want to leave us. We also had many of his friends tell us what a great friend he was to them - how he would help them and give them his last $. He would often say to me that one or other of his friends had no food and could we shop or make them meals. He too was our youngest like your David.He too was homeschooled and he was baptised at 10 but went away from Jesus for a while but just before his accident he told me he had been watching Christian TV and 1week before his death he re-committed his life back to Jesus and that is what we hold on to as we know we will be with him again one day. My husband was diagnosed wiht Huntingtons Disease and i do not know ho long i will have him now as i saw the symptoms in him many years ago. I send you a cuddle as i know this time of the year can be hard. Karen- New Zealand
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