...bailey's story...


Our story is a story about a MIRACLE. It is not the kind of miracle that is so often shared in Christian circles. We have heard stories about untreatable cancer that disappeared and of a child that was never supposed to walk or talk and is now a healthy adult. These are often the kinds of stories people share with you when you are experiencing difficult circumstances. Stories about the TRAGEDY that was avoided or the near miss that is now in the rear view mirror of life. We value these types of stories and we CELEBRATE them!

Ours was not that kind of story. Our daughter Bailey Hope was born on February 20, 2009. She died on August 13, 2010. The eighteen months in between were horrible and heart wrenching as we experienced our worst fears coming true. We were not rescued FROM heartache and tragedy.

Our miracle was that we were joined IN this journey by friends and family that gave of themselves and by our GOD who held us in unexplainable ways. This is our story. We do not share it to garner pity. There are others who have similar stories. There are so many others who have more tragic stories.

We share our story because it is impossible to talk about our beautiful daughter, without talking about our beautiful God. We must talk about our daughter. We must talk about our God. It is the MIRACLE behind the MIRACLE.





Sunday, 24 April 2011

Easter

This Easter has been such a powerful reminder of our helplessness and inadequacy in contrast to His power and sufficiency.


As Heather and I talked this week, and grieved for others in our community who have experienced unimaginable loss, we were reminded of the incredible faithfulness of God in our lives.  Heather remarked that it is impossible to talk about our daughter Bailey without talking about our God.

In a beautiful book by Nancy Guthrie Called Holding on to Hope she describes genuine worship as "the words that flow from our lips and the works that flow out of our lives...to glorify God and honor him for who he is and what he has done."


Father we desire to lift up Your name as high as we can for as long as we live. 
       "The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, Blessed be the name of the Lord."
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  1. amanda27 April 2011 at 13:24

    We thought of you often this weekend. Praying for continued healing in all of your lives. Knowing you will never be unscarred by Bailey's death, but that you might grasp hope in it's fullness of reuniting with her one day. Praying that promise makes life feel worth the living between now and then. We love you.

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  2. Tonya3 May 2011 at 11:23

    I thought of your family all Easter Weekend and was struck with how REAL Christ's resurrection has become to us because of Bailey's life. My friend once commented that one of the things she learned from Bailey's life is that "death is not final." I love the power of those words, especially on Easter. Praise the Lord we believers will never be permanently separated from God and I can't wait to be with her again one day! I miss her sweet curls. Love you all.

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