Thoughts on miscarriage a year later

I was scanning my hymnal last night as I was preparing for today, the first anniversary of the day we found out our daughter Bridget had no heartbeat. The following song, which I remember hearing on the radio when I was growing up, caught my attention:

You said You'd come and share all my sorrows,
You said You'd be there for all my tomorrows;
I came so close to sending You away,
But just like You promised You came there to stay --
I just had to pray,

And Jesus said, "Come to the water,
stand by my side;
I know you are thirsty,
you won't be denied.
I felt every teardrop when in darkness you cried,
And I strove to remind you that for those tears I died."

Your goodness so great I can't understand,
And dear Lord, I know that all this was planned;
I know You're here now, and always will be,
Your love loosed my chains and in You I'm free --
But Jesus, why me?

And Jesus said, "Come to the water,
stand by my side;
I know you are thirsty,
you won't be denied.
I felt every teardrop when in darkness you cried,
And I strove to remind you that for those tears I died."

Jesus, I give you my heart and my soul,
I know that without God I'd never be whole;
Savior, You opened all the right doors,
And I thank You, and praise You from earth's humble shores --
Take me, I'm Yours.

And Jesus said, "Come to the water,
stand by my side;
I know you are thirsty,
you won't be denied.
I felt every teardrop when in darkness you cried,
And I strove to remind you that for those tears I died."

~For Those Tears I Died, by Marsha Stevens c1969.

Revelation 21:1-8 are a fitting Scripture to pair with this song, it says,
"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, 'Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away,'
"And He who sits on the throne said, 'Behold, I am making all things new.' And He said, 'Write, for these words are faithful and true.' Then He said to me, 'It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son. But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.'"
Death entered the world when sin entered the world in the garden of Eden, and with it a whole host of pain and sorrow. But thanks be to God who had redeemed us through His Son and we have the hope of the resurrection and of eternal life with Him. Losing a dearly loved child, whom we endured 3 rounds of fertility drugs to conceive has caused me to hope in the resurrection more and long for the day when I will go to meet my Saviour in heaven. On that day I imagine my daughter running into my arms and I will finally be able to hold her and will no longer be separated from her. I firmly believe that all children who die by miscarriage, stillbirth or early infant death go to heaven. I can provide Scripture references for those who would like them. Bridget does not have to deal with the pain and suffering of this life, and I now see God's mercy in taking her to be with Him. I still very much miss my little girl, but I hope in the life to come when I will see her again. Miscarriage has brought me closer to God and enabled me to know Him on a much deeper level than I had known Him before going through it. The better I know God and the more I see of the depravity of man, the more I long for His return.
With the apostle John I say, "He who testifies to these things says, 'Yes, I am coming quickly," Amen. Come, Lord Jesus." (Revelation 22:20)