Christopher's sermon yesterday got me thinking.  He preached from Romans 8. He was talking about the present day suffering that we go thru and how we let it dictate our lives. He was comparing this life's sufferings to having kidney stones and going to heaven is like going thru childbirth.... You have to kind of know him to know where he was going with this but he was saying in childbirth you go thru the pain and get you get something great out of it. When you have a kidney stone all you get is a little stone after all that suffering. No one ever says Lord please let me have another kidney stone but often people say I would love to have another child. The other day I was listening to AFR in the van before I went back to work and  there was a story about parents that lose children and if their children remain the same age or if they age as time goes on. I think about this question a lot and in my mind I hope they are still babies.  All this made me think that maybe this life really is like child birth. If this life is like child birth I am one of the lucky ones that not only get to go to a place that is beyond comprehension but I also get the joys of childbirth again when I get to hold my precious Raegan again. How could I not strive to be a better Christian and grow in him knowing that these earthly “kidney stones” are going to pass.

Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.