346 - After Their Son Drowned, These Parents Say "God is Good."

Adarius Gerard Jenkins
12/10/00 - 06/09/13
Son of Kip and Leenetta Smalls, brother of Kazadia Smalls

Honoring all who are mourning the loss of a loved one, during this Mother's Day 2022. 

Sunday morning of June 9th 2013 started just like any other day, but by the time the sun set, a metaphorical darkness had settled in the hearts of Leenetta and Kip Smalls, as their minds were forced to grapple with the prospect of their precious 12-year-old Darius not coming back home to them on this side of heaven.

This is the story of the human experience.  Not one person is in the clear from pain like this, it's always potentially right around the corner.  Life gives the potential for the highest highs and unbearable lows. 

What stands out in this story is the abundant, God-given peace that was  received by these suffering parents, peace that guided them through the unbearable pain they weren't sure they could survive.

This is also a  "2 Corinthians 1 story," one in which Paul says "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.......And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort." 

Just one year after their loss, Kip and Leenetta were afforded the opportunity to pass along the supernatural comfort they had received to those in similar shoes.   

May this story of peace amidst such agony, be an encouragement to us all.  If life turns for us in a way that brings to our hearts insurmountable pain, may we have faith in a hope that  God's love for us will prevail, even if we have no eyes to see how God will do it. 

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