The lesson was on finding hope and consolation in death, and the person giving the lesson is a very good friend of mine. The spirit she brought to that lesson was very comforting. I realized that the 3 spirits of our children that we lost through miscarraige are supposed to return to our Heavenly Father and are very special spirits. They are back in heaven where they should be, and I am so glad that I know they are in the best place possible and will be taken care of.
Also, as the lesson was being taught she read a quote by the prophet Joseph Smith JR. in which he said that when we lose children, we will be able to raise them in the next life and that that experience will be amazing and enhanced. I am so thankful for such a merciful Savior who, if I am worthy and righteous, will allow me to raise those children. It brings me so much comfort to realize that I have 3 incredibly righteous and special spirits waiting for me.
The last and most influential realization that I came to, was something she said at the end. She said that we are supposed to mourn but there comes a time where we must take hope and consolation in the will of our Heavenly Father and have faith. I have and will continue to be happy and be consoled and find hope in the will of my Heavenly Father, for I know that he is watching over me and guiding my life.
All in all, I am so thankful for the wonderful peace that comes with the gospel and the knowledge that we have concerning death. It brings so much comfort to me to know that my little angels are in heaven waiting for me to return to them and are going about doing our fathers work. I know they are supposed to be, and this knowledge comes to me because of the gospel. I am SO thankful for the gospel and my Heavenly Father.
"... in my leisure moments I have meditated upon the subject, and asked the question, why it is that infants, innocent children, are taken away from us... The strongest reasons that present themselves to my mind are these: This world is a very wicked world; and it … grows more wicked and corrupt. … The Lord takes many away, even in infancy, that they may escape the envy of man, and the sorrows and evils of this present world; they were too pure, too lovely, to live on earth; therefore, if rightly considered, instead of mourning we have reason to rejoice as they are delivered from evil, and we shall soon have them again." --Joseph Smith Jr.
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