Sometimes, life is just bittersweet!
There was a young teacher in our community that was expecting her first child. Week before last they ordered all the furniture and finished fixing up the nursery. However, while teaching last week she started experiencing severe cramps. She was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where she delivered several months early. Her precious little boy lived about an hour.
That same week, another couple in my Sunday School class found out they were expecting. They were so excited and they wanted to tell the class today...but they didn't. You see the couple whose little boy didn't make it came to our class as well. The couple that had just found out they were expecting didn't want to do anything to upset them.
You see, the ones grieving had never been to our class before. But last Sunday, three days after this happened, our class took up money and signed a card and took it to them along with supper on Monday night. We had talked about being the Lord's hands and feet, and this was a perfect example. It made such an impact on them, they wanted to come to class today AND then joined the church during the 2nd service.
What a blessing and what an example of how God intends His church to behave! We don't always get it right, but I am so thankful we did this time.
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