To our sweet baby in heaven

Dear one~

Though we never got to meet you, we are so sad to lose you. We miss hearing your heartbeat, beating fast and strong. We miss your sweet sounds while you sleep. We're sad we never got to hold your warm body and stroke your silky hair.

There are so many things about you we wish we could have known. Were you a girl or boy? Were you easy going or strong willed? We're sad we never got a chance to see you grow up. We wish we could have known your likes and dislikes.

The confirmation that you were on the way was a complete surprise! We were looking forward to having a child, we just thought that it wouldn't happen for another year. But as soon as we knew you were growing in your mama's belly, we couldn't be happier! Not once did we ever wish for your tiny life to stop growing and flourishing.

For 10 weeks, we and others prayed for you to be safe and healthy and tried to do all we could to protect you. We counted the weeks and tried to keep track of your development. You grew so fast and changed so much in such a short amount of time! The loving hand of your Perfect Heavenly Father carefully knit your tiny body together.

Sweet Babe, we don't know why things changed. We don't know why your Master Craftsman didn't continue to build you in your mother's womb. It is so easy to wish things were different. So easy to wonder if we could have done something to protect you or wonder if we missed something important that you needed. It is hard to not let guilt creep in...because we desired so much to love you, nurture you, and care for you. But we have realized that even if we dedicated all our energy to give you a perfect home, there would always be imperfections because your parents are imperfect. Despite all our attempts we would still fail.

So we believe, out of God's graciousness, He decided to give you a perfect home. Not a cabin or a camper or a house, but a mansion in Heaven. There with our loved ones who have already arrived. There where there is no sickness, or crying or pain. You will never have to experience these. And though we are sad and cry because of all we have lost, we rejoice over the love, joy and peace you are now experiencing. We love you, sweet one, and are excited to meet you in Heaven.

So much love~
Dad and Mom

A perspective on age by Don Piper

Those who die before the age of accountability will be taken care of by the loving and compassionate Savior who died for them.

I am certain that children/babies who died before they accepted or rejected Christ are in Heaven, But I am not certain that they will remain children or babies in Heaven. Adam and Eve were never babies. It is my further belief that if Adam or Eve had never fallen and been cast from the Garden, they would have never aged. Birth, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and death are earthly manifestations. Since there is no aging in Heaven, there are probably not any humans that we would call babies or children there either. There is simply no age. We will all be ageless. I believe that humans in Heaven will be fully developed, yet ageless. We were created in the image of God (Gen 1:27) in order to have a relationship with Him.

Babies are wonderful creatures indeed, but a relationship with them is decidedly one- sided. The exciting fact is that in heaven we will know as we are known. So that even though there will not necessarily be babies or children in heaven, we will know those who died as babies or children on earth as the fully developed humans in heaven. All the times that were missed by their apparent premature departure from earth, will be forgotten in Heaven, replaced by eternal fellowship.

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Don Piper is the author of 90 Minutes in Heaven - a True Story of Death and Life