BABY COFFINS
A small independent stealth group of women (some of the group members attend our church) meet monthly to brainstorm ways to help people in need. They have done a variety of wonderful things for women and children in need, always without fanfare, but with lots of love.
One of the group members is a funeral director. She came to the group with an unusual request and need; baby coffins. Young grieving parents bring their dead infants to her wanting a proper burial. These families are often very poor and can’t afford a coffin.
The conversation goes something like this; “She is so small, can’t we just bury her without a coffin?” “I’m sorry honey. We have to bury her in something.”
Sometime they bring just a shoe box for their baby.
So the group decided that they would make baby coffins.
They are designing little boxes, building them, decorating them, praying over them, and lining them with soft fabric and love for their precious tender cargo.
Who would have thought?
I am a very busy person. I would guess you are too. As we whisk through the day it is easy to be unaware of the needs around us. This story really gets me. Who would have thought that such a need exists? Can you imagine what these poor little families go through? Isn’t it comforting to know that some people actually actively engage in figuring out ways to help others? Don’t you wish you could do more? Don’t you wish you could do something?
It really doesn’t take much to make a baby coffin. It really doesn’t take much to help others.
May God give you eyes to see the need and may your heart lead you to respond. It is the little things that count and it really doesn’t take much.
I love you – Bryan Martin
