Tonight our family is visiting some friends of ours who had a baby this weekend. We are taking over some food and gifts for everyone in hopes that we can hold this tiny precious boy.
It is easy for us to think of birth as a precious time in our lives. Psalm 116 refers to death as precious. It says that God sees the death of his servants as precious. At first I was surprised by that line, but when you think about it, the death of a servant means new birth to their life in Heaven.
Put into that context, I see how the death of a friend can be devastating to us, but precious to God.
Jessica is a fifth grade teacher and beginning freelance writer. She is the wife-extraordinaire to Josh and mother of two year old Devon. When she isn't teaching, mothering, cooking, cleaning, or writing, you can find her locked in a quiet room reading.
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