Each morning when we arise, we know not what the day will entail. We can be the most organized individual, carefully setting our schedules in our planners to include meetings, appointments and events that we must attend to. No one, in their wildest imaginations can predict what the future will hold for them when they arise in the morning. Life happens. Change happens. Not always the way we want or prefer, but continually we will go through our lives experiencing "opposition in all things".
Whatever our regime, we must learn, that our Father in Heaven who rules and reigns in His universe has control of our destiny and our eternal progression. No planner and no other person can take away the plan and purpose of life. It is eternal and has been prayerfully and systematically planned out just as the earth was formed; one step at a time; with order in all things. When we experience trials such as we recently have experienced, we need to work through them in our own way, one step at a time, one day at a time, with the faith and knowledge in our hearts that God is in control. He will help us through this, if we will let him.
As a parent who has gone through and continues to experience the loss of a child, I find strength and understanding as I am able to share my story of the loss of my son Michael. It is through sharing my story that the healing process continues. I thank you for listening and for your shoulders that help to lighten my burden when I need to talk.
On May 31, 1997 my son Michael, 24, was killed in a car accident. I lived 300 miles from him at that time and the night it happened I was 20 miles from him, staying at my brother's before heading on to St. Louis the next morning. I had called my son's father that night and told him to tell Michael I was in town and wanted to see him before I left town the next morning. He was out with his friends.
The next morning, while on the phone talking to a hometown girlfriend, we were interrupted by the operator with an emergency call from Michael's father. He then commenced to tell me that Michael had been in a car accident, but did not tell me he was already gone. I had to travel the 20 miles with my brother to find that out. Immediately from the time I got into the car, I began to petition the Lord for help and strength to get me through whatever I was about to encounter. All of a sudden, my whole body, soul and heart was filled with the warmest feeling, as if someone had covered me with a soft, warm, comforter. I then felt assured that Michael was fine and in a good place. My brother then broke the silence with the suggestion that in situations like this we have to expect the worse. I told him that either Michael was already gone or we would have to make the decision to pull the plug, because I knew he was gone. The Spirit of God had told me that, but He had also assured me in a most gentle, reassuring way, that Michael was fine.
It has been five years now since we lost Michael. But, five years is a short time compared to the eternaties our Father in Heaven has promised that we can and will be with our loved ones. Time means nothing in the eternities.
The most important thing that we can do at this time is to come to know The Savior. He is our Redeemer, our Lord; Our shelter from the storm. He will never give up on us.Stay close to Him and obey the laws and commandments that have been set forth for us since the beginning of time. You can join Unsolved Mysteries and post your own mysteries or
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