Bringing Scripture to Life

In Jeremiah 31:13, the Lord says, "For I will turn their mourning to joy, will comfort them, and make them rejoice rather than sorrow." There is no better description I can give you when it comes to this day in my families history. This day has represented a day of great sorrow, and has been an instrument for many nights of mourning for my wife Lyndsey and me. You see, it was on October 26, 2001 when doctors gave us some devastating news. They told us that we would NEVER EVER be able to have our own biological children.  This news literally crushed us, and brought great sorrow upon our hearts and lives. This news would make the next 10 years of our life a challenging roller coaster of emotional ups and downs. Every mothers day, fathers day, every time it turned October 26th, and countless other scenarios have always tried to steal the joy of the Lord from us, and overwhelm us with sorrow.  But today on October 26, 2012, the Lord has truly turned our mourning into

Happy 1st Birthday Jeremiah! I am so blessed to be your daddy and so proud of you.  Thank you so much for teaching me so many deep and profound truths this year of how my Heavenly Father loves me and is for me, and will never leave me or forsake me (Isaiah 41:10). I know this more than ever before, because of my relationship with you son. Thank you for showing me in such a sweet way of how God's plan for me is good, and will make sure that His plan is fulfilled in my life (Philippians 1:6). I know this more than ever before, because of how I feel about your future son. It is my greatest desire to patiently guide you in the ways of the Lord, to purposefully capture moments everywhere I can, in order to teach you deeper truths about Jesus' love and plan for you. I hope that I can give you a clear picture of what a loving husband and father look like, so that you can in turn become a loving husband and father also. I hope that through my relationship with Je