Grieving? Actress Reminds Us That God Weeps With Us
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Alexa PenaVega says she and husband Carlos felt “blessed” through the loss of their daughter.
“Indy was a surprise loss. Nobody was expecting it,” she said in a video for Streams Studio. “We had a heartbeat two minutes up until delivery.”
She continued, “When I found out they were struggling with a heartbeat, I don’t even think that I could grasp in that moment right away what was going on. I was just like, ‘Well, no, Lord, surely You’re going to get a heartbeat back.’”
The couple announced that Indy was stillborn in a joint post last April, writing, “It has been a painful journey. But in pain we have found peace.”
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“It really doesn’t make sense, the peace that we felt, because it was so painful,” Alexa explained. “It’s still painful, and what I’m about to say is going to sound crazy, but we felt so blessed through it. Her life has had so much fruit in it.”
She also shared the vision she had while grieving her daughter. In it, she saw God and His angels weeping with her at the loss of Indy.
“When we weep, [God] weeps because He’s heartbroken for His children,” Alexa said. “Even though He knew that she was fully alive with Him and great and happy, He wept for us, and I felt so seen in that moment.”
She finished, “In our heaviest moments, in our darkest moments, where we truly just feel gutted, know He is weeping for you.”
Alexa has been open about her family’s grief process, sharing the conversations she and Carlos have had with their children, Ocean, 6, Kingston, 5, and Rio, 3.
“[I’ve learned so much about the grieving process] because of the questions that they’ve asked about Indy, the questions they’ve asked about Heaven and about God,” she told E! News. “You live differently when you have to think of Heaven every single day, like you just do after loss. And my kids talk about Heaven every day, we talk about Heaven every day, that your life really does become fuller after loss.”
Alexa continued, “Truly, this loss has magnified the beauty that’s around us, magnified my children, my family, the love that we have for one another. Even through the tears, even through the harder days, there’s just so much more appreciation.”
In an Instagram video, Alexa told followers, “Indy’s little life has transformed us. Like, completely. Our family has never been stronger, my faith has never been stronger, my marriage has never been stronger. Her life was so purposeful in just that short little bit that we had with her. And while she may not have taken a breath here on earth, she did not go without purpose.”
She continued, “It might be hard to understand unless you’ve experienced this kind of loss but I really do hope that you guys can see the crazy peace that we have, even through the pain. And I do hope that you can see how much God is at work. And how much fruit little Indy’s life has produced already.”
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