Jesse Morgan, the worship and discipleship pastor from Green Pond Bible Chapel in Rockaway, New Jersey, who has been sharing about heartbreaking loss of his 6-year-old daughter Lucy, has posted details about the morning she passed.
The Morgans, a family of six who were enjoying a getaway at a lake cottage in Maine, were relaxing on Saturday (June 1) when they heard screaming from their children.
Morgan and his wife, Bethany, rushed to discover that a badminton racquet the children were playing with had accidentally broken on a downward swing, and a sharp piece of the racquet had entered Lucy’s skull.
After four days in the hospital, Lucy never regained consciousness and passed in the early morning hours of June 5.
“On June 4, the morning of the day Lucy was predicted to pass,” Morgan wrote in his latest blog post. “It was very hard to distinguish the groans and cries I heard from Bethany at 3am that morning from the ones I heard on the morning of September 4, 2017 when Bethany birthed Lucy.”
He added, “The pain of a mother in this situation is so incredibly unique, heavy, and frankly awe inspiring to witness. Through our groaning I have been given new eyes to see Romans 8:18-27.”
“Bethany can feel so deeply and viscerally and unashamedly does so as the Spirit intercedes for her. I am so proud of how she bore this impossible burden these past few days by God’s grace,” Morgan said. “The only reason we can even still stay sane is the grace He shows to us in bringing us this far.”
Morgan said of God, “We know what He’s done, where He’s brought us, and where He’s bringing us. It’s the path that is unknown and often terrifying. Yet, even though we walk through the valley of the shadow of death, He is with us.”
After consulting other medial specialists, doctors concluded that Lucy had “endured brain death.”
Morgan explained that after “significant thorough testing and even more repeated tests to be certain, brain death was declared 1:32am on June 5, and her heart stopped beating around 4am. Lucy was with Jesus.”
