What a week!
On Sunday 20th May 2007 we had a baby boy! Samuel David Anthony was born two and a half weeks early weighing a colossal 5lb 5oz! He is amazing and his brother thinks he’s the business!
Seeing Reuben with his baby brother is one of the most beautiful things I can imagine.
That’s the good news.
On Monday 21st May 2007, my father-in-law was rushed into hospital with a serious heart problem. He underwent a nine hour emergency operation but they were not able to save him and he died on Wednesday 23rd.
How do you hold in tension the incredible joy of our new baby with the incredible sadness of Tony’s death?
As the song says, “blessed be your name …when the streams of abundance flow… when I’m found in the desert place”. How often do you find yourself in both these places at once?!
Every blessing you pour out we’ll turn back to praise. When the darkness closes in Lord, still we will say. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
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