Comments on: faith

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:24:03 +0000

Marla,
Small world- my neice is in Faith’s class! We are all praying, and we serve a God whose name is ABOVE cancer! Oh, how I love Him!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:39:24 +0000

Faith is on my mind so much lately. And little Faith who is sick is on my heart tonight. Her struggle reminds me how my silly, little problems are so very insignificant in the long run.

By: amber

amber — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:21:38 +0000

Oh, Marla, how my heart breaks. It breaks to think about earthly separation. And about this horrid world we live in where bad stuff happens. And about little angel babies who “get it” better than we grown-ups.

Praying for sweet Faith.

By: Lisa @ fulfilling my purpose

Lisa @ fulfilling my purpose — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:29:16 +0000

Chelsea (my 4-year-old) and I said a prayer for Faith last night. Thank you for sharing what her mom said. I hope and pray that if I ever face something so devastating I will say the same thing.

Chelsea is going through the same thing as Nina. I have to keep reassuring her that we will all be in Heaven together, and she will be fine.

Yesterday at lunch she cried because I said her favorite stuffed lamb toy wouldn’t be able to go to Heaven with her. I told her God could give her a real lamb to play with in Heaven. I don’t know if there will be animals in Heaven, but I had to say something to calm her down.

Chelsea has also been very concerned about all of us leaving our house when we go to Heaven. I told her we will have a new home in Heaven. She was still concerned about our house missing us, so I told her it won’t miss us because it won’t be here after we leave. God will make a new Heaven and a new Earth, so our current home will not longer exist. I was amazed that my answer actually comforted her instead of scaring her more!

By: Denise

Denise — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:21:26 +0000

Bless Nina’s heart. And great job of handling it. My heart just breaks for Faith and her family. I keep crying and hugging Parker a lot. I sit here and get on myself for stressing over his asthma when there is a little girl who is dying.

It’s just so unthinkable and yet so common. I. Hate. Cancer

By: Britt

Britt — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:21:24 +0000

Bless Nina’s heart.
Both of my little girls went through the same thing. Wanting to go to heaven, but fearful of leaving Mom and Dad here on Earth!

By: Gretchen

Gretchen — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:33:55 +0000

I just keep leaning on Lamentations 3:22-23 today. Because that’s all I have. Good times or bad. But this…wow.

By: whimzie

whimzie — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:55:18 +0000

Hey! I know of some great heaven resources if you’re interested.

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:16:43 +0000

And then my son broke her sunglasses and made her cry AGAIN. Darn-it. I love you, Nina Gabe.

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:47:52 +0000

I can’t help but cry. I will be praying for sweet Faith and her family and teacher. I will also be praying for your family as you guide your girls through the questions and sadness.
I have to confess that sometimes I feel like Nina. Heaven is so unfathomable that I get caught up in the unknown and freak out a little. It’s then that I realize what God has told us about Heaven and I start to calm down. I guess I’m saying I know how she feels.