Father,
On Wednesday August
22, 2012 a gentle and strong brother of the faith was taken home to you. You must be so happy to have Micah with you
finally. It must give you such joy to
see your child finally fully healed and completely redeemed. Lord, I envy the time he is getting to spend
with you, but you are above time and we will all be together for eternity and I
praise you for that.
Father, it
brings tears of joy to my eyes and an overwhelming gladness fills my heart when
you give me visions of Micah running, climbing, talking, laughing, and
shouting. Lord it is a sweet picture and
sound my mind gets to experience and I thank you that you have given me that
joy amongst the sadness.
Lord, I
think what makes me most sad is that you didn’t choose to heal Micah here on
Earth. So many of your children had this
relentless hope and belief that you would do it. Lord, every time I was around him my mind was
flooded with images of him laughing and walking again. I saw him miraculously getting up out of that
dang chair and just walking across the living room, like no big deal. I saw it with my mind, but it makes me sad
that I didn’t get to see it with my eyes.
God, I know
you could have done that and you would have been so glorified, but you have
also been so glorified in Micah’s death.
Your children praised you time and time again at Micah’s funeral. You were given glory upon glory for your
unfathomable love, grace, and faithfulness.
Hundreds of people got to hear the good news that there is One that can
satisfy the soul. Hundreds of people got
to hear and witness your strength that held the Magnussons together. Hundreds of people got to hear that you,
Jesus, are the only reason that Micah and the Magnussons could hold on to hope
for so long and with such passion and determination.
There is a
song by Gungor called “This is Not the End”.
It declares that this is not the end, that we can open our mouth wider
and that we will shine brighter. I don’t
believe that Micah’s death is the end of the impact that he is going to have on
your creation here on Earth. We will
open our mouths wider sharing his story, and in turn sharing your story for
your beloved creation.
Lord, I am
sad that I didn’t get to see any of those visions of Micah come to be here on
Earth with my physical eyes. But God,
you are pushing me to have hope that is even more relentless than before
because it is a hope that I will have to hold on to all the days of my
life. It is a hope that you are faithful
and your plan is to redeem and restore all of your children. Lord please give me this relentless
hope. Thank you. I praise you.
