Thank You Lord For Zachariah

He was so small, so beautiful, so full of hope and promise.  What a blessing he has been to all of us who knew him those few days.  He taught us to love, to hope beyond expectation, to trust in that which is unseen.  He drew us together in our anxiety, our moments of despairing and hopelessness, as well as in our joys and delight and in his every breath.  His life ended prematurely, just so had he been born.  Too soon he died.  We wept, the tears continue, we hugged and held one another.  The pain will always linger.  Our hearts emptier for his absence and the unfulfilled dreams he promised.  But the love he brought into our lives will live forever.  Thank you for giving him to us.  Thank you for the blessing that he will always be.  Thank you for the love we would never have known, but for him and his brief days with us.  Thank you for Zachariah, our blessed child of grace.

Amen