When we lose a child

Sometimes it is easier not to look - or to look but not to really SEE.

Adoption, among other things, has been an exercise in SEEING.

Seeing the distress of helpless children in institutions.

Seeing families gain children they love so much through adoption

Seeing families grieve all their children have had to endure and lose simply because they were born in the wrong location.

 I have seen families grieve children lost to incurable diseases.

Opening my heart to adoption meant a door left open to see and feel for the sorrows of others.  Probably a good thing but not an easy one.

I just shared this lyric with a virtual acquaintance.  One of the heart babies they care died unexpectedly.

Weak and wounded sinner
Lost and left to die
O, raise your head for love is passing by

Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus and live

Now your burden's lifted
And carried far away
And precious blood has washed away the stain

So sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus and live

And like a new born baby
Don't be afraid to crawl
And remember when you walk sometimes we fall

So fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus and live

Sometimes the way is lonely
And steep and filled with pain
So if your sky is dark and pours the rain

Then cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus and live

Ohh, and when the love spills over
And music fills the night
And when you can't contain your joy inside

Then dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus and live

And with your final heartbeat
Kiss the world goodbye
Then go in peace, and laugh on glory's side

And fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus and live

Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus and live

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