Chapman Family

I really had doubts as to whether I was going to be able to watch the Larry King Live interview tonight with Steven Curtis Chapman and family. I have had a rough day today, and I didn't know if watching something that would just make it worse would be good or not. But, I watched it. And, I have to say that I am so proud of our Lord! His light was so bright tonight, and His message was put through so wonderfully through five of His servants. I managed to make it a couple minutes without crying. My wife made it 30 seconds. Bless her heart; she wanted to watch it. She felt like she needed to watch it.

I was so proud of Emily, Caleb, and Will Franklin. Caleb and Will Franklin, if my son Aaron is half the men you are, I will be so blessed. I am not even their father, but I felt an overwhelming pride in the three of them.

God was everywhere tonight. Mary Beth, you will never read this, but you have given my wife so much hope through our grief. We lost our precious daughter months before you lost yours, but we have both looked to your family's faith as truly nothing short of God's awesome power at work! This interview tonight actually opened Kate's and my eyes to what our future might hold. It's still very early, and the pain from losing our baby yesterday morning is still too raw to touch, but I think God is calling us into adoption. If this is the case for the two of us, we would like to look into Shaohannah's Hope for assistance. As with your family and those precious twins, we will rely on God to give us all the answers; that includes a yes or no.

The presence of God was there tonight, folks. He couldn't be edited this time!