On this Good Friday, we mourn all the more the loss of Bethany, but we do so with hope knowing that Sunday is coming. If you’re not familiar with our story, browse around the site to learn more. For the Father to be conforming us to the image of His Son (Rom 8:29) means that not only will we be made like Him in His death and suffering but we will also be made like Him in His resurrection and joyful triumph (Rom 8:17). It’s Friday and we mourn, but…
On Sunday, March 25 at 10:37pm, Leeza gave birth to our precious little girl, Bethany Rose Kuravackal. She was 4lbs, 2oz and had a full head of jet black hair. She lived for about 10 minutes before going home to be with the Lord. Our journey with Bethany over the last several months hit an unexpected bump in the road last November as we found out she had a lethal condition that was deemed “incompatible with life” (you can read more about this portion of our story here). Ultimately we…
On August 11, 2011 we found out we would be having our first child. We could hardly contain our joy and started telling friends and family a few weeks later. I must say that one of the most amazing sounds I’ve ever heard was the heartbeat of our baby during an early sonogram, proving that there was an actual life created by God Himself inside Leeza. On November 7, now almost halfway through the 2nd trimester, we went in for a routine ultrasound hoping to find out the gender of…
In several of his writings, C.S. Lewis talks about the concept of the “shadowlands” as an analogy for the world we live in. Because the fingerprints of God are upon us and upon this world we are able to experience things like goodness, love, and mercy. But because we live in a fallen world, these things are not experienced in its fullness. These things are veiled by the “shadows” of pain and suffering. So we walk in this world through the shadowlands, but look forward to a day when Christ…