Innocent before God

How do I begin to tell you the sorrow that plagues me for those women who have carried children in their womb and lost them within moments of their living in this world? 

How do I begin to express the heartbreak of families who carry the memories of a missing child they never knew in this life, but know without a doubt their souls are connected for eternity?


How does a mourning mother willingly accept the loss as an accident and will of God instead of fault or carelessness of a medical professional?

How can so much tragedy bring forgiveness and love and mercy?


You could search the world and find things equivalent to a superficial bandaid, but self-help books and camp counselors neglect the power to heal the wound underneath.  The sorrow, heartbreak and mourning soul can only be repaired by feasting upon the words of Christ and listening to the still small voice of the Comforter. 

Therefore, in attempt to empathize with my friend, for I had not lost a baby moments before birth, I searched the scriptures:

Moroni 8: 12, 14 "...Little children are alive in Christ, even from the foundation of the world; if not so, God is a partial God, and also a changeable God, and a respecter to persons; for how many little children have died without baptism!..Behold I say unto you, that he that supposeth that little children need baptism is in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity; for he hath neither faith, hope, nor charity; wherefore, should he be cut off while in the thought, he must go down to hell."


Doctrine and Covenants 93:38 "Every spirit of man was innocent in the beginning; and God having redeemed man from the fall, men became again, in their infant state, innocent before God."


How does God deal with the sorrow of losing one third of His children to the enticings of Satan's plan?  How does he deal with the sorrow of letting innocent souls be delivered to this earth knowing they may not repent and make efforts to return to Him?

How does God show his mercy and love towards those who doubt His existence and despitefully use the righteous?   Why does tragedy in this world bring us on bended knee to the feet of Him who created us?
 
 
I wanted to tell my friend "I'm sorry!" even though I'd done nothing wrong.  I wanted to yell that it was the doctor's fault for not inducing her sooner or doing another ultrasound or even spending an extra minute or two to check the heartbeat was truly "perfect" as they'd said the day before.   I cried like a three-year old throwing a temper tantrum unwilling to listen to reason for something that I could not change.  I wished my friend's empty arms to be filled with peace and comfort.  It took alot of calming down because I didn't want to be calm just yet, I wasn't ready to hear the answers...
 
...Then...
 
...I was ready...
 
 
I realized that through the Atonement of Jesus Christ we can all be innocent before God, like an infant.  We can be completely dependent upon Him for all things no matter how long or short our time is away from Heavenly Father, like an infant.  We feel love and mercy, when we embrace the joy of becoming acquainted with God again.  And for those who forgive and cling to the Gospel principles that if ye have faith, repent, and endure to the end so great shall be their glory because they will see God and embrace their family forever. 
 
 
Come, come, ye Saints, no toil nor labor fear;


But with joy wend your way.

Though hard to this journey may appear,


Grace shall be as your day.


’Tis better far for us strive


Our useless cares from us to drive;


Do this, and joy your hearts will swell—


All is well! All is well!

--William Clayton