Why Tasa Was Special

Written by Pio Sioa
Sunday, 20 January 2008
The family of 16-year-old Tasalautele Paul knew that a cure for her tumour was beyond medical hope. The doctors who treated her at Auckland Hospital, told them so. The finality of the prognosis and the shocked reality of death for one so young and so dear, weighed heavily on the heart. But like any other doting fathers, Muliagatele Mark Paul, never lost hope. He believed with all his heart his ‘sweet and loving daughter, friend and sister’ Tasa, will not be taken from him. His faith and the combined support of his family and so many who were touched by the pronounced fate of this young girl, kept his hopes alive. Somewhere and somehow there is a cure waiting for her. God is loving and he will not forsake those who called on His divine powers of healing. Muliagatele called. His family called. Hundreds of friends and family members called. Tasa died last week, only a few days short of her 16th birthday. The father was crushed. His hopes and prayers were not answered as he had wished with all his soul it would. Despite the yearnings of his heart and faith, he did prepare himself for the inevitable in his own way. The moment of truth Muliagatele had unconsciously steeled himself for finally arrived on Saturday 12 January 2008. “Nothing prepares you for this,” he fought to say while choked with tears slipping quietly from his eyes. “It is hard.” “The last 8 weeks have been an emotional roller coaster I will not wish on my worst enemy.” The father’s testimony was of a daughter who loved everyone. “My friends were her friends, Tata’s (mother) friends were her friends, her sister friends were her friends.” Death is a reality to all who are born to this world. But in the comforting words of father Spa Silva, this life is but only a journey back to God – the giver and creator of this life. The God who did not grant the wish Muliagatele and everyone else called upon to spare the life of Tasa ‘because she is so beautiful.” Father Spa subscribes to the belief that the journey of life starts from the mother’s womb. While inside the warmth and comforts of the mother’s body, the baby has all he/she needs to be satisfied. If the child is given the choice wether to be born or not to an unknown world the answer will probably be no. “Why should he or she leave an environment where everything is good and well?” But there are limitations and restrictions inside the mother that the newborn baby will discover soon enough when he/she enters the new world outside. The freedom of the outside world with all its marvels are a far cry from the mother’s womb that the baby did not want to leave. As we live life and enjoy the world we live in we find ourselves wanting to stay on like when we were babies we did not want to move on. But like the womb, this world with all its magnificence has its restrictions and limitations too. Death makes that choice for us to leave. Destination heaven. God awaits us there. Tasa has made that journey and is now with God. She is an angel in the Kingdom of God. The loss of loved ones is indeed a painful reality even Father Spa has experienced. The pain cuts deep into the core of who we are and everything we hold dear. These are moments when our faith is severely tested. The storm of emotions rage deeply in our hearts and in our power of reasoning where we ask questions that have no answers. The answers lie in the next stage of our journey. The answers lie with the Creator who giveth and taketh as He will. Tasa was taken by His will. He has other designs for her that are beyond our capacity as His children to comprehend. The taking of such a ‘beautiful person’ at a tender age of her life, who loves and is loved back by many, makes her a very special individual. It also makes it harder to bear her loss. The Lord works in a wonderfully mysterious way. He does not take away to give us pain. There is no malice in His intentions. There is only purpose. All of them divine. For Muliagatele Mark Paul and his family, Tasa’s departure should not be mourned, it should be celebrated. God called upon her while her journey of life has hardly begun – that makes her a very special young lady. Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment Name Email Title Comment
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