"The proper focus of holiness is not on being set apart from something (i.e., the world), but on being set apart for something."

- Michael Horton
99 Balloons

This is love.



If you don't think that there is any way that suffering through the tragedies of life can glorify God, watch this video. It's absolutely beautiful. There's a heartbreaking joy in this, and a deep Christ-likeness in this young couple expressed in their love for their baby.

I'm overwhelmed.

[Grateful hat tip to The Anchoress]

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Comments on "99 Balloons":
1. jen - 05/07/2008 6:40 am CDT

*weeping*

Beautiful.

2. Shrode - 05/07/2008 2:55 pm CDT

wow.

Man, that's horrible. The disease. The pain. The grief.

The reaction to it: beautiful.

As the dad was describing all the things wrong with Elliott at the end, and then giving God glory, I was thinking, "Nonbelievers would watch this and think we are crazy."

3. Meredith - 05/07/2008 3:01 pm CDT

i haven't cried like that since watching emma thompson in "wit."

4. nhe - 05/08/2008 12:44 pm CDT

That couple rocks and should be raising A LOT of children......hopefully God will continue to bless them richly with that opportunity......

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