A Loan on Earth

"I'll lend you for a while a child of mine," He said.
"For you to love the while he lives and mourn for when he's dead.
It may be six or seven years, or twenty-two or three,
But will you, till I call him back, take care of him for me?
He'll bring his charms to gladden you, and should his stay be brief,
You'll have his lovely memories as solace for your grief."

"I cannot promise he will stay; since all from earth return,
But there are lessons taught down there I want this child to learn.
I've looked the wide world over in My search for teachers true
And from the throngs that crowd life's lanes I have chosen you.
Now will you give him all your love, not think the labor vain,
Nor hate Me when I come to call to take him back again?"

"I fancied that I heard them say, "Dear Lord, Thy will be done!
For all the joy Thy child shall bring, the risk of grief we run.
We'll shelter him with tenderness, we'll love him while we may,
And for the happiness we've known, forever grateful stay;
But should the angels call for him much sooner than we've planned,
We'll brave the bitter grief that comes and try to understand!"
~Edgar Guest

Considering the fact that there is one constant in life that
will be faced by all that we know and love, Death -
One would think that we would be better prepared to handle this event. 

Deep grief is a profoundly lonely experience. It delivers emotions that
make us feel alone and cut off from society. A sense envelopes that
no one can surely feel what we are going through.

Over the last three and a half years, I have learned that
Love and even more important at times, Grief, yes Grief
is in fact Universal and binds us all.
There is a vast community of us souls that have experienced
the dark journey of crushing loss and finite physical light
extinguished.

Us Souls can be found everywhere...

The above poem from Edgar Guest referring to a loss of a child,
echoes those sentiments that us souls so strongly cling to when it comes to
HOPE, LOVE and FAITH and the belief that all is not lost and God
has a plan.
No, We are not alone in this struggle to understand....
... And that brings a great deal of comfort to us Souls.....