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I want to share with you one Scripture that strongly bears on what happens to little children when they die. In the Old Testament, King David had an illicit affair with a beautiful woman named Bathsheba, and even arranged her husband’s death. Bathsheba gave birth to a son—David’s child—but the baby was terribly sick. David pleaded in prayer for the boy’s life, fasting and weeping. For an entire week David couldn’t function, so great was his anxiety for the child. But when the boy passed away, David washed and changed his clothes and ate the food his servants prepared for him.
“We don’t understand you,” said his advisers. “While the child was still living, you wept and refused to eat. But now that the child is dead, you have stopped your mourning and are eating again.”
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David responded, “I fasted and wept while the child was alive, for I said, ‘Perhaps the Lord will be gracious to me and let the child live.’ But why should I fast when he is dead? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him one day, but he cannot return to me” (2 Samuel 12:21–23 NLT).
David knew his separation from his child was temporary. Though the boy wasn’t going to return to this temporal life on earth, David was certain of seeing him again and being with him forever. After all, this is the same man who wrote in Psalm 23, “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever” (verse 6).
Our few moments on earth are nothing compared to our eternal fellowship with those we love on the new earth. Our lifespan is like the pop of a flashbulb compared to eternity. David clearly found his hope, comfort, and cheer in the assurance that his baby had gone to heaven and that they would soon be reunited.
If you’ve lost a little one, let your heart and mind turn upward. Put your head on a heavenly swivel and let the soon-approaching joys of your coming reunion lift your mind to Jesus, who never saw a child He didn’t love enough to die for.
If you’ve lost a little one, let your heart and mind turn upward.
They are all safe and happy in His heavenly home. Hallelujah!
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For more on this topic, see chapter 24 from Dr. Jeremiah’s book, The Promise of Heaven: 31 Reasons to Get Excited About Your Eternal Home
