Sacred events and ordinances--Frederick added

Today we attended a graveside service at the Provo Cemetery for our first great-grandchild. I am saddened and express my deep condolences to Andrew and Britain on the loss of their baby son, Frederick Michael. While not compensating for the loss of this beautiful baby, we saw some bright spots:
1) We saw the tender mercies of God in allowing Frederick to be revived and to live for a full seven days. This gave Andrew and Britain and others the chance to serve him, to hold him, to sing to him, to experience responsiveness, and surely, to become acquainted with his spirit. There was also the time and opportunity to say “Good-byes,” or better, “Until tomorrow.”
2) We saw admirable qualities of resilience, faith, and strength on the part of Frederick’s young parents.

We might ask two questions, “Why did we lose Frederick so soon? And why did Andrew and Britain experience this loss at this point in their young lives?

Regarding the first question, the Spirit seems to suggest that Frederick was one of a group of the noble and great of Father’s spirit children who had no need for earthly testing. Obtaining his mortal body, prepared within the bonds of the new and everlasting covenant, was sufficient. Truly, as his place on our Lewis Family Sacred Events and Ordinances display avers, he has endured to the end and fulfilled the purposes of his second estate.

Regarding why Andrew and Britain should need to experience this loss at this point in their lives, the answer is we don’t know. Surely, if we or their good mothers or fathers had been in charge of their earthly experience, in our state of myopia, we undoubtedly would have not have had them endure this trial, especially at this time. But, as Elder Maxwell pointed out several years ago, the Lord has his own agenda and time-table for our earthly tutoring. They might ask: “What is the Lord trying to teach us?” We who love them might wonder “For what are they being prepared?”