I'll Meet You Someday

When a child is taken from a mother-to-be before she gets to meet them many questions come to mind concerning their child's spiritual being. Questions like, "Did my child go to Heaven? Will I ever get to meet my baby again?" And even, "Will I recognize them in Heaven when I see them?"

In the days following my second miscarriage I spent a lot of time trying to find answers to those questions so I could deal with the intense grief that I was experiencing. In reading books on infant death and grief, and in searching passages in the Bible I found the answer to all of those questions to be, yes!

Did my child go to Heaven and will I ever meet them again? I believe with great certainty that my child did go to be with the Lord. In 2 Samuel 12, David was grieving for his dead son, and said, "I shall go to him." I think that has two meaning. First, we will all die, joining our child in the grave. Second, as Christians we are guaranteed a life in Heaven with Christ. But my unborn child wasn't a Christian so how can he or she go to be with the Lord? Unborn children cannot make moral choices and therefore remain innocent. God's perfect justice receives them into His presence. So not only will I join my child in the grave, but when I get to Heaven I will once again be reunited with them! How exciting!!!

Will I recognize my child when I get to Heaven? In Psalm 139 David states, "For you created my inmost being, you knitted me together in my mother's womb. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place." While a child is being formed in the womb God already has a record of what the child will become physically. The smallest cells that make up an unborn child's physical appearance are known to our Father from the very moment of conception! Isn't that amazing?!? We would not recognize them now because we do not see things as our Creator does, but once we join them in Heaven we will see God face-to-face and we will then know Him as we were known. And I believe that we will "know" who our child is immediately upon seeing them because of that newfound knowledge that we'll receive when we go to be with the Lord. Praise God!

What I've wanted most from God during my time of grief was to be comforted like only He can comfort me. And in searching for answers to my questions I have found an immeasurable amount of comfort and peace from my Heavenly Father. There will always be a place in my heart full of love for our unborn children, and I'm looking forward to the day when I will meet them in Heaven!