Autumn Grace
We stood and shared pregnancy stories yesterday in the library after class. Today was her due date. Kristin smiled so contently as she left the library, eager to take on labor. We had gone through the same pregnancy class (at different times) and she actually brought us a cooked meal a week after Janet delivered Simeon. This morning Kristin didn't feel the baby move and went in immediately. They checked and her worst fears were confirmed...no heartbeat.
Dear, brave Kristin pushed all afternoon today and delivered a beautiful 7 lb. baby girl whose soul had left her just hours before. I can't imagine her pain to push like that with no hope of holding new life.
Lord, have mercy on Kristin and Joel. And thank you for baby Autumn Grace.
Please join us in prayer for Kristin
26.2 Miles!
This last Sunday I joined 1.2 million spectators and 40,000 runners and ran my first marathon! With the help of Tim Taylor I finished faster than my goal, and we ran start to finish without stopping! Tim has run 3 times before but since he didn't train very much this year, he wanted to help me finish rather than beat his previous times. I couldn't have done it without him. Two specific times I wanted to stop because of cramps and Tim simply wouldn't let me. Especially cool was the fact that I saw Josh and Janet (on bikes) at least 4 times cheering me on among the crowd. The last time I saw Josh (about mile 17) some policemen were forcefully yelling at him to get off the road. My "love language" is by far words of affirmation, so the crowd
really carried me, especially toward the finish line. Those Chicago fans get so creative in their cheering! All day long I heard voices yelling, "let's go Rob! (I had my name on my shirt), Almost there!", and the best one..."Rob, you're only like 10 seconds behind the Kenyans!"
What a great experience. Who's running with me next year?
ARTISTS I WISH I LIKED:
In an effort to combat some recent
musical vituperation , here are some artists that
I wish
I liked:
The Interpreter
Ok, I have to give a little "movie plug." Janet and I watched "The Interpreter" last night with Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman and really enjoyed it. I won't spoil anything for you since it just came out on video, but please see it and let me know what you think. Action scenes aside, I am more interested in the forgiveness aspect. Pay special attention to Nicole Kidman in this scene above (I think) where she explains how a certain tribe in Africa deals with forgiving an offender, it is outstanding. "Vengeance is a lazy form of grief," she says. How profound. Let me know what you think if you see it.
