The journey of a lifetime.
I share this blog entry once again first because I needed it, and second because I feel as though some new followers could really benefit from the same inspiration we have received.
Many things have inspired us throughout our journey before, during and after Jacob’s life.
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We are looking forward to the annual “Walk to Remember” again this year. We will never forget our little Jacob, or what he has meant to our family and to so many others. Please take some time this weekend to say a short prayer for families who have lost a little one. The comfort given to us by our Lord and Savior is beyond words.
President Ronald Reagan proclaimed, in 1988, the month of October as “National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness” Month.
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This is just a quick note to announce that we’ve expanded this journal to Facebook as well. Come follow us @jacobsripples, or click the link here. There are only a few select journal entries on Facebook at the moment. But as I post, I will add the new entries on this blog as well as Facebook. We hope that we will be able to reach even more people with our story of God’s Grace in our lives!
Knowing the beauty and splendor of what lies ahead should compel us to lead others to the same knowledge, with vigor and excitement. Continue reading “Trip to Howry Lake”
Please take the time to read, and share, this incredible story of the Young family, and their daughter Eva. God bless them. Continue reading “Choose life, every time”
I wrote this over one year ago, and it still holds true. I have the benefit of hindsight now, and am able to see the renewal process unfold. Praise God for His love and grace to us throughout.
(Original appeared June 2, 2016)
Deb and I have been dealing with a bit of guilt, thinking of how once the mourning process is complete we might actually find joy and comfort in returning to our old routines. I say that we feel guilt simply because thinking this way seems as though we might just gloss over our precious 44 days with Jacob as though they didn’t happen. But, we are quickly recognizing that there is something different going on in our lives. Returning to our old normal is not what is happening. We’ve been changed forever, and so even our old normal is forever impacted.
We have undergone a significant transformation during all of this. The transformation we have experienced (and frankly, are still enduring) seems to go hand-in-hand with another significant change in our lives: baptism. When we come to faith in Christ Jesus (typically through baptism), we become “under new management”…
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I have said it before yet it bears repeating: the care and outright love we received from the medical staff, especially the nurses, in the NICU meant so much to us. Continue reading “Skill and Care”
We have come a long way. This month marks the one year anniversary of this blog already! Continue reading “Behind and Beyond”
We often are asked how we are able to be calm, steady or even joyful in the face of the apparent tragedy of losing our infant son. Our recent family devotions may have just revealed the answer. Continue reading “A Beautiful Breeze”
I want you all to know that we’re still around although I haven’t posted in a while. Things are pretty hectic lately and so I plan to begin “blogging” soon when things slow down a bit.
We hope you are all well, and encourage you to take some time and wander throughout this blog. Read some of the older posts; send us a comment or two; or take some time this summer to develop a habit of family prayer and devotions – especially if you have young children. We have been so blessed by that time together each night, and we cherish it.
Stay tuned for more…
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