My son Michael

6-8-02 | OxfordMovement

[OxfordMovement]

My three year old son Michael died this morning at 3 a.m. He had been experiencing high fevers for over a month and has been in the hospital again for the last few days. The doctors were unable to determine the cause of his illness and had contacted many others to review the many tests they had run on him.

Though he received very good medical care, his little heart just stopped beating and wouldn't start again. I know he is in the arms of Jesus, but I just don't understand why this has happened.

Please pray for me, my wife, and my other children. I don't know what we are going to do. We are all so upset. The doctor at the hospital gave my wife an injection of a sedative to calm her down. I'm feeling really desperate. God gave us such a beautiful boy, and now He has taken him away from us. I don't understand. Please pray for us.

[monkeyshine]

Oh Lord, please give aid and comfort to Michael's family, so that they may know that Michael is with you and that you have taken him for a reason.

OxfordMovement, I am so saddened by this horrible news. I am truly sorry to hear this. My heartfelt condolences to you and your family.

[saradippity]

I can only imagine how sad,how stunned and how nightmarish everything is right now. It is the most awful thing a parent can experience and words cannot assuage the pain.Nevertheless,I am sorry and my thoughts and prayers are with you and for you and your family.I pray that God,Who knows everything,will give you comfort and a comprehension that will help you,your family and others.

When an innocent dies,I see the communion of the saints who have gone on before us,and who know us best,waiting to take Michael by the hand and introduce him to all of the others who wait to see us again.

[christine]

words fail me, oxford. all i can say is that my heart goes out to you at this terrible and tragic time.

though i have not lost my son, i have lost my younger sister and experienced it with my own grief, as well as for and with my parents and other siblings.

may the lord keep and console you, your wife, and your family.

with deepest sympathy, christine

[kattracks]

My heartfelt condolences to you and your family. You are in my prayers.

God Bless you all.

[xp38]

A prayer for Micheal and his family.

[deadhead]

I am so very sorry. My Thoughts and Prayers are with Michael, as well as with you, your wife and your children. God Bless All of you. May you gain strength and comfort from God at this sad, so sad time. Take Care

Rest In Peace Michael

[McGavin999]

You have our prayers Oxford. My heart just aches for you and your family. Only God can take the pain from your heart but please know that your Freeper family will be begging God to bring you comfort.

I'm just so sorry....

[Chesterbelloc]

My son has a medical condition such that we have come to know quite a few parents who have lost their little ones. This was posted on a support group that we belong to last year:

TO ALL PARENTS

I will lend to you, for a time
A child of mine, He said
For you to love while she lives,
And mourn for when she's dead.

It may be six or seven years.
or twenty-two or three.
But will you, till I call her back
Take care of her for me?

She'll bring her charms to gladden you
And should her stay be brief,
You'll have her lovely memories,
As solace for your grief.

I cannot promise she will stay,
Since all from Earth returns,
But there are lessons taught down here
I want this child to learn.

I've looked the wide world over,
In search of teachers true.
And from the throngs that crowd life's lanes
I have selected you.

Now will you give her all your love,
Nor think the labour vain,
Nor hate me when I come to call
To take her back again?

I fancied that I heard them say
Dear Lord, thy will be done.
For all the joys thy child shall bring,
The risk of grief we'll run.

We'll shelter her with tenderness,
We'll love her while we may,
And for the happiness we've known
Forever grateful stay.

But should the angels call for her
Much sooner than we've planned,
We'll brace the bitter grief that comes
And try to understand.

-author unknown

[RaceBannon]

I am sorry for your loss.

Baptists like myself believe that children who are too young to understand what sin is, and the difference bewteen right and wrong go automatically to heaven when they die.

Please do not think I am being coarse or anything, I am trying to tell you that your son is happier now than he ever was on Earth because he is with Jesus right now! All his Earthly pains and troubles are forgotten already. He does think of you, people still remember their life on Earth, but he is in paradise right now!

Cherish your memory of him, it is supposed to hurt, that just means you loved him. But, do not fret or worry about where he is. He was just a small child. God never condemns those who are too young to be accountable for their sinful nature, He loves them and welcomes them with open arms!

So, be happy! Michael is in Heaven, looking down on us, hoping that we pay attention to what he sees God whispering in our ears right now!

[MarMema]

Memory Eternal, dear Michael.

[F.J. Mitchell]

I don't understand either, I'm not sure we mortals could understand it if God sat down with us and tried to explain it. The only relief from the almost unbearable heartache that the loss of Michael has brought upon his loved ones, is to find a way to accept it as the will of a loving, merciful God, whose plans span eternity.

It doesn't take a great imagination to put ourselves in the place of family members who have lost a child, though it is little comfort to them, we all mourn their loss.

You and your's have my prayers, Oxford. I pray for the acceptance of this heart breaking loss as serving the will and eternal purpose of God, and for the miracle that one day it may even be understood.

May God bless and strenghten you all, and please forgive me if my words sound like platitudes.

[RaceBannon]

[JMJ333]

Please accept my heartfelt condolences. I want to share a short prayer that I use in times of sorrow and desperation. I hope it brings you some small amount of comfort. With love, Michelle.

In this pain and sadness that weighs me down
And for which I can find no human support
I turn to you Jesus to be my friend and protector
And intercede for me to our Merciful Father in Heaven.
Ask that I may welcome whatever God sends for love of Him who makes all things a means of holiness.

Heavenly Father, in the name of Your Son
And of His Blessed Mother
And by the merits of your faithful servent St. Martin de Porres
Help OM and his family and do not forsake him.

Amen.

God be with you friends.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Sites for parents who've lost a child

I'll pray that you receive strength and comfort from God during this time.

[Snow Bunny]

I am sorry, so very , very sorry OxfordMovement.Prayers for all of you.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Oh my God!

My God...

I have a three year-old.

I am so sorry this has happened, I have no words to say to you.

How you and your wife must feel right now.

Oh my God, please, please watch over this family who is hurting.

I'm so sorry...

[JMJ333]

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

God Bless you in your grief.

I am so sorry such a tragedy happened.

They have NO IDEA what caused him to go to heaven?