Friday's Faith - The "Quickening": From Birth to Re-Birth

Friday's Faith

The "Quickening": 

From Birth to Re-Birth

"Full with child," she's told ~ so hard to believe

There's a speck of life inside this mother-to-be!

The words are there; the tests reveal

Truths for her she can't yet feel.

The ultrasound soon sends a sound

Of a beating heart such truth to resound.

But then one day comes the "quickening":

She feels for herself life hearkening...

Each movement inside proves there's life,

Creating a bond till faith becomes sight!

And so with you, my life-filled child,

I'm told you are not dead, but fully alive!

I cannot see; I groan from within,

But over time, comes the "quickening":

When Life I'm told that's surely there

Is felt from within before it's to appear.

You hearken to my beating heart,

"I'm Here Mommy; we're just apart!"

The tears come---it's hard to believe,

But such joyous news, I gladly receive.

I speak to you, I feel you near;

Life's quickening begins before you appear!

As Wonderful as your life-on-earth here,

How much more joyous Then~
When in Heaven you'll fully appear!

So my child I'll await, 

Though you're still sight unseen...

For Heaven's Gate

To open and reveal: Life's completed quickening...
When tears of Joy then shall reign
And you're in your Mommy's arms again!
I'll patiently wait through Death's Dark Night
Until that Great Day when my Faith becomes Sight!

 




Picture, thanks to "Grieving Mothers"
Poem - The "Quickening": From Birth to Re-Birth - Angie Bennett Prince - 8/10/2012

Friday's Faith - Signs of Love from Heaven

Friday's Faith

Signs of Love from Heaven

Some people journeying with grief say that "moments of connectedness" comprise one of the most powerful aids to healing. They describe times during which they feel strongly that a loved one is present--a visitation, a dream, a sign or a symbol…

Others have described vivid dreams which they felt a sense of time spent with their loved ones. Some describe events such as lights suddenly turning on or off or coins found in various places in and out of the home. Such events cannot be fully understood or explained, yet they provide healing for those who are open to the phenomenon. Frequent sightings of special birds like cardinals, hummingbirds, and eagles are healing reminders of many…

~Thomas M. Ellis,

This Thing Called Grief: New Understandings of Loss

Sitting on my patio, meditating outside in the beautiful sunshine on this Sunday afternoon, on this bittersweet and poignant day of Mother's Day… I am rocking in a porch rocker looking into my beautiful crimson red mandevilla with all it's bursting blooms next to our bubbling patio fountain, when I delight to see the first sighting of a hummingbird, its glistening green back hovering right before me, visiting and dining on each mandevilla blossom before me. Suddenly, for reasons still unknown to me, I burst into tears… 

I began to speculate… Perhaps  simply the beauty of God's creation appearing so close to me, a shockingly intimate moment with my Creator Lord, able to so closely admire the amazing beauty He bothered to invest into one little bird out of all of His creation…for His and our delight. 

… Perhaps the relief that these precious birds would come back to us once again to revisit us off and on for another Spring and Summer overwhelmed me in that moment. 

… Perhaps both of these reasons, and the sudden thought hit me that my sweet baby may be sending me this  special moment to remind me on this Mother's Day that she's thinking about me, when I felt her speak "Mommy, I am here… I love you!" We talked back and forth a bit on this special day, having a sweet Mother-Daughter "visit"!

So the tears continued to pour. Then as I thought of all the special happenings over the weekend, I was inspired to write the following poem. 

Signs of Love from Heaven

A hummingbird!

(First one of the season!)

Great Crested Flycatcher

stopped by earlier today with its

magnificent yellow belly!

(First one of its type I've ever seen!)

A new song revealed,

expressing our

"Heavenly" child's love

for her mother!

A new poem given!

All signs of you 

on Mother's Day…

Signs you are remembering

from Heaven's shores

and sending your love,

nurturing my grief-struck chords

with your tender heart ~

You're still a part

of our life on planet earth

while you soar the Heavens!

Your heart prints are felt

though you are not "here" ~

gifts of your love

slip through earth's sphere,

Touches of grace

that render your face:

My baby girl ~

Is still a part of my world!

God's in His Heaven,

Making all right with His world.

Thank you, Baby Girl, 

for making your way

known in time for this, 

my special Mother's Day!

Poem - Signs of Love from Heaven - Angie Bennett Prince - 5/13/2012

Picture - http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/ruby-throat-hummingbird/