Deep thoughts from new daddy Rob…
“We can try to mask it, but life is hard and we are really quite frail when faced with the facts. We’re born with blood and guts, anguish and sorrow, naked and screaming. I don’t know what death is like yet, but it’s got to be just as humbling. Throughout the four hours leading up to Olivia’s birth, the theology of the cross kept coming back to me: We apprehend our need for Christ through suffering. Christ apprehends us through suffering and death on the cross.”
Pretty good stuff for 10am on a cold Tuesday morning, Rob!
For the very brave, you can also read Devona’s cathartic, yet upbeat account of the realities of childbirth, in The torture… I mean, labor.
I think these two new parents will handle family life just fine! It’s good to know the next generation is producing and nuturing Christian family life so capably.
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