For Greg and Heather, as you grieve through this first Mother's Day and Father's Day ahead. Your sweet baby Maelee, our precious niece, is already home with Jesus, not here to celebrate the gift you are to her.
We celebrate you.
We honor you for your love for your daughter. We bless you for the way you both served Maelee, and Greg, the way you served Heather, the whole time of holding her within. We honor your courage to grieve hard for her, to grieve in such a way that your hearts are made soft and tender, not bitter and crooked, by your pain. We honor your sorrowful, grace grip on God's goodness and sovereignty as you hide in him through this time of mourning.
Dear friends of ours here, L & A, blessed us with help and recording/guitar/drum skills to put this song together for you. It is very poor, especially in the verses, as far as songwriting skills go... but we hope that this humble gift will bless you still. Much of it was inspired by 1 Peter 1, that has Maelee's name on it.
All Those Dreams, May 3, 2010
Has begun differently
Than all we had prayed for, than hope eyes had seen
Your ears her heartbeat, you both felt her kick
Now it should not be, it should not be like this
It should not be, no- Maelee should have lived
What happens to all those dreams?
You're gasping for courage, hope holds you to stand
Your girl is home now in Immanuel's Land
You're left aching without her
But you know the Way there
And as you travel Him His suffering you'll share
What happens to all those dreams?
What happens when our hearts tear at the seams?
Blessed be the God who keeps those dreams
Who faithfully redeems
All our suffering
Blessed is He who gives and takes away
Our Living Hope remains
He tenderly sustains us with peace
Your victory in Christ, is still ahead
Your story is still to be written by His hand
Though this sad chapter has you forever changed
Your story is still to be written by His hand
Though this sad chapter has you forever changed
it is not the end, no it is not the end
What a beautiful tribute, Jill! Such sweet and true words, thank you for sharing. Praying you guys are doing well.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, Jill!
ReplyDeleteHeartfelt and beautiful. Thanks for posting it!
ReplyDeleteWow, it's always amazing how God uses tragedy to touch our hearts into artwork like such. Beautifully put, beautifully sung, what a blessing to them even in the midst of their deep grief.
ReplyDeleteDear Jill,
ReplyDeleteIt has taken us awhile to be able to listen to this. However now that we have it is a treasure to us and a blessing to see the truth of the words in this song. Well done beautiful daughter.
Mom and Dad