Our True God
God has invited us to be captivated by the greatness of His character and what we believe about God has the greatest potential to shape our suffering. Although we will never be able to thoroughly grasp the fullness of His glory on this side of eternity, He has given us glimpses of His glory in the revelation of His Word. In this series, we will dive into ten attributes of God and discover what hope they offer us in our sorrow and how knowing and believing these truths about who God is can provide great comfort in the midst of grief.
When we received the news of our unborn daughter’s fatal condition, I knew immediately that I had two choices. I could either close up my heart in anger, or I could throw myself on the rock of my faith—the one true God. In desperation, I turned to God. My faith was so small, but I knew God to be my only hope in surviving and loving my daughter.
“And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ.”
– 1 John 5:20
When we face the loss of a child, there are so many unanswered questions and so much uncertainty. We wrestle to know why this happened, and wonder if we could have done anything to prevent it. We cry out to God for the reason to our pain. We wonder who our child is in heaven, and how they will be when we finally see them again. Will they still be a baby? A grown adult? Will what we missed out on be experienced in eternity?
And God answers with Himself. I have not found answers to any of my questions about the loss of our baby girl. I long to know if I will get to raise her in eternity or if she is already grown up. Though I can see good that has come out of my suffering, I often wonder if that good could have been accomplished in an easier, less painful way. And to all my questions, God answers with who He is—the one true God.
“But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King.”
– Jeremiah 10:10
The God we love and follow, worship and serve, cling to in grief, and hope in is unlike any other. He is not fickle or changeable. He is not fashioned out of material resources made by human hands or simply conjured up in the mind. He cannot lie, He does not sin, and He will never leave us or forsake us.
God is true. All truth originates from Him. He is the embodiment of all truth. He will never change and can always be relied on. And because God is truth, He is righteous. He is the ultimate moral good. There is no falsehood in Him. Because He is truth and all truth comes from Him, because from that truth flows unaltered and untouched righteousness, and because there is nothing false about God, He can be trusted.
And that is where I found myself on that dark day when we were told our daughter would not live. I knew from God’s Word and His faithfulness in my life so far, that I could not lose by trusting Him fully. He was the solid rock beneath my feet—the rock of truth.
“So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed Him, ‘If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.’”
– John 8:31-32
“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’”
– John 14:6
Jesus came into our dark and hopeless world as a baby so that we could know Him who is true. God’s truth sets us free, and in that freedom we can know the hope that He brings. Hope in our eternal salvation, and hope that our babies are safe in the arms of Jesus. Hope is the difference between life and death, and I would not have survived the loss of our daughter without the hope I had that was based on the trueness of God.
“The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth.”
– Psalm 145:18
Dear mama, throw yourself on the truth of God. He will be near. He is the only true God and the only truth. In your pain and grief, do not shut Him out. In leaning on His truth you will find comfort and hope.
- Abigail
Hope Mom to Sarabeth Marie
Abigail is mama to her toddler daughter and to Sarabeth who went to be with Jesus seven days after her birth in January 2018. She and her husband, Chad, live in Berea, KY on the family farm where they raise cattle. In addition to being a stay-at-home-mom and teaching piano part-time, Abigail blogs on Facebook and Instagram at A Healing Gratitude where her desire is to share Sarabeth’s story in a way that highlights the goodness and love of God and demonstrate how gratitude can lead to greater healing.
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