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    I'll Hold You in Heaven
    I'll Hold You in Heaven
    I'll Hold You in Heaven
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    I'll Hold You in Heaven

    By Jack Hayford

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    What happened to my baby after he or she died?
    Will I ever see my baby again--and will I recognize him?
    What happens if I've had an abortion?
    Does God have a reason for letting my child die?
    How can I help a friend who's experiencing grief?

    With compassionate answers for your troubling questions, God's Word shines with hope in the dark night of human pain. God showed His tenderness when David lost a child he had with Bathsheba. In his pain and grief, David spoke the word of revelation--the reassuring word of God's truth--saying, "I will go to [my child] but he will not return to me" (2 Samuel 12:19-23).

    As Pastor Jack Hayford says, "This isn't myth, fable, legend or a selection of poetic thoughts for the sorrowful. This is truth to set us free. Here we are specifically freed to expect to meet children in heaven, to recognize them and to be with them."

    Let Jack Hayford show you the freeing truth of the Word of God and its promise that one day, like David, you will hold your child in heaven.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaker Publishing Group
    Release dateJun 9, 2003
    ISBN9781441268242
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      This book was full of grace and loving compassion for those who have deeply emotional questions as to the status of the baby they lost to death. While I know there are many who hold differing opinions on the answers to some of these questions, Hayford has given careful consideration in searching the Word of God to find answers rather than leaning on his personal preference to offer as comfort. Only the Truth of God can bring lasting comfort to the hurting.

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    I'll Hold You in Heaven - Jack Hayford

    HEAVEN

    CHAPTER 1

    THE GIFT OF LIVES

    And the LORD God formed man of the dust of

    the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life;

    and man became a living being.

    GENESIS 2:7

    The foundation of hope for any human dilemma or, in fact, for any human disobedience will always be drawn from God’s Word—not from human reasoning or happy-talk philosophizing. The answer to your deepest pain or most grievous heart cry lies in Scripture. What then, should be your first question?

    Perhaps the best place to begin is with the simple query: Was my unborn child, in the fullest sense of the meaning, actually a human being? That question must be settled with confidence and personal certainty. God’s answer gives rise to an amazing basis for hope—an expectancy never before anticipated as possible. So let’s discover what the Creator Himself has to say on the subject.

    Our first objective is to establish a biblical basis for the prenatal existence of the human soul. Is a person a person before he or she is born?

    Here is the crux of the matter, for if we are only dealing with chemistry or tissue in examining the nature of the fetus or the stillborn, there is little at stake. But in most of us, an inner monitor signals that there is something more involved here than mere chemical combinations or complex structures of tissues. Could it be that God has given a conclusive and confirming witness in His Word that the life of an embryo is eternal?

    Without surrendering to either mystery or superstition, we can say yes! The life of the child in the womb is eternal. But please understand: This is a statement based on far more than religious opinion, occult dogma or human imagination.

    The religionist may trumpet the reality of and, therefore, the sanctity of life in the womb. But so often these assertions lead to the leveling of accusations. Too easily the focus falls solely on the sin of life’s sanctity having been violated, and the hearer rebels. Even if the call to protect life is worthy, it is a false victory to suppose that proclamation is more important than the good news of God’s grace, love and healing forgiveness. Life is sacred, to be sure. But many need to see sacred truth that extends beyond that fact—truth that offers other facts after human blindness may have overlooked the first fact of life’s

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