To give us life...

Wood Colony Cemetery

Today we visited Olivianna's plot. It has been two weeks since her funeral. My parents have been so sweet to bring fresh flowers to her grave. My dad even waters the tree next to where her body lays. (He jokes that the tree will be twice as big and shady as all the other trees that have recently been planted). I love him even more for this!!!

I do not have much to say about tonight, except that it was very difficult. Luke and I stood there, looking at a mound of dirt, and as the tears began to drip, we thanked the Lord that her soul is not 4 feet under. That she is in heaven, where there is only love, peace, joy, happiness and praise. We thanked the Lord for his salvation through Christ, a gift to all who receive it in faith. We thanked the Lord for our precious Adalin Rose. For our girls. For counting us faithful and making us more like Him.

I also could not help but think of how it must have felt to allow His own son to be beaten and hung on a cross. But He did this for us, so that our sin could be forgiven and so that we could have a relationship with Him. So that we would have assurance of heaven. Thank you Jesus for dying for a sinful people, to give US life.