Every year I sing with a Dickens Caroling group called Living Christmas Card. We sing at corporate parties, people's houses, community parties and we also have a standing gig at Lawry's the Prime Rib.
Last Friday I sang Lawrys, where we go from table to table and sing Christmas carols. One cute couple in the back of the room looked like they were about to leave and so I suggested we go to that table. They requested Silent Night, and as we were singing we noticed they both started to get emotional. By the end of the song they were holding eachothers hands and sobbing. And so we asked them if everything was okay and the husband said, "we just lost a little one." The alto and I immediately teared up, and we gave our sympathies and sang them another song. We were all crying by the end of the song.
It wasn't until I got in the car and pondered on the event that the words of "Silent Night" really hit me. Their baby really was sleeping in heavenly peace now. Although the thought of losing one of my own children breaks my heart, I feel comfort in knowing that Christ made it possible for all of us to have heavenly peace, and that one day we can be with our loved ones again. I hope that couple knows that, because I don't know what I would do without that knowledge.
Although as painful as they are, I am grateful for moments like this one, that help me appreciate and cherish my family more, and help me build my testimony of Christ and his atonement.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
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Beautiful thoughts, Mandie. Thank you for sharing them. Experiences like these are treasures for me. They are hard most of the time, but they build my testimony and give me the perspective that I need to be happy in my life.
What an experience....Thanks for sharing it with all of us:)
Of course, here I am with Eddie in my lap reading your blog, so of course I'm crying, too! Thanks a lot!
My baby's 6'5" and I'm crying. What a beautiful story--and how appropriate that we remember at Christmastime the true depth of what Christ's birth and life and death really mean for us.
That made me cry. I feel their pain and am grateful that THIS year we finally have a healthy and strong one on the way. Last year we did more grieving Zachary's passing than celebrating Christmas I'm afraid. I appreciate your thoughts here Mandie. Thank you!
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