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How To Survive Baby Loss

the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord
delivers him from them all…” Psalm 34:17-19a

Fathom getting through the storm of grief, let alone having
the title of “blessed.” Directly from Matthew 5:4, Jesus gives an
unlikely promise, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be
comforted.”

Feeling normal is unlikely in pain and loss, but comfort is a
promised gift. Sometimes it is disheartening that this comfort
does not always happen right away. In my experience comfort
is hunted like a hidden treasure. In order to partake in it, it must
be developed like a dish that is being cooked. We learn that God
created us to partake in grief, partake in pain, partake in all the
layered feelings that come at a person in this life. But He doesn’t
end there. He creates you until you finally partake in the com-
fort that He promises. A pinch of this, a pinch of that, and the
dish is done. It ends with an indescribable peace! We come back
for seconds, because, surprisingly, we are hungry for more of
this peace we can’t find anywhere else.

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen. It takes faith to know that you will make it
through this. That you will survive even when you do not feel
okay at times, but will be okay.

Comfort

Before my miscarriage at twelve weeks and my harrowing
24 hours in the hospital from a loss of blood, the ultrasound
revealed I had an empty sac. The medical term was: blighted
ovum. It was God’s grace to know there was no baby. I was
so thankful I was not miscarrying a baby, but rather a broken
dream. I felt devastated, but In the hospital, God spoke comfort
and thankfulness into my heart that He saved me, because I had
been hemorrhaging and needed two pints of blood.
One of the biggest ways I received comfort was recalling the
promises and comfort of the past. Three months before our still-

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