Sometimes life throws you somethings you just can't figure out. No matter how much you pray and hope, you soon realize that nothing is in your own hands .
I just received an e-mail that an old girlfriend of mine lost her baby. Her situation was not the most ideal. It was not even the least ideal, but there's something that comes with new life that breathes much needed optimism into the lives around it. The thing is, this is the 5th death in a row of unborn or newborn babies among my friends. The past 5 pregnancies, consecutively,among my family and close friends have all ended in death of the child. I know we're supposed to learn from these situations, but sometimes it seems hard to find out what lesson there is. Is God telling us there is no hope anymore? Or was He protecting those innocent souls from being subject to the way this nation treats His children?

It is just so hard to see these families suffer and have to go on living their lives, knowing something is missing. Knowing they should be planning for one more.