My World Went Dark…
Heaven, Jesus, Pain, Joy, Child loss, Mourning, Hope, Grief, Children Chrissy Mafrige-Cogdell Heaven, Jesus, Pain, Joy, Child loss, Mourning, Hope, Grief, Children Chrissy Mafrige-Cogdell

My World Went Dark…

In Memory Of The First Son To Ever Hear My Heartbeat

Christopher Parrish Barrow

The day you were born was filled with hope and joy. Hope for my future at the young age of 18 and hope for yours.

My world went dark March 21, 2016.

I can feel the anxiety and panic in the air as it rises up in my body. I vacillated between knowing something was terribly wrong and hope.

I ache to hold you. My tears still spill unexpectedly.

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Heaven, Hope, Loss, Joy, Pain, Relationships, Victory Chrissy Mafrige Heaven, Hope, Loss, Joy, Pain, Relationships, Victory Chrissy Mafrige

When Life Doesn't Feel Abundant

It has been almost three and a half years in this season of our life, and it sure has not felt like abundance. It has felt more like deception and greed stacked on top of an earth-shattering journey of loss and grief. Oh how deep the arrow penetrates the soul when the instigators of the hellish vortex you find yourself in comes cloaked in Christianity, friendship, and even those you love.

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I've Got The Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy...
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I've Got The Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy...

I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart! But do I really?  I certainly don't feel joyful.  My surrounding circumstances don't feel joyful.  If the Bible requires of us things we cannot immediately produce by our own power, does that mean joy too?  

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