Look at this face!

Look at sweet Curren Blaec Gomez!!

I am in love with this picture of him. He is free of oxygen, of the feeding tube, of everything! God has worked some miracles with him. He is almost six pounds now, and will probably be going home on Monday. Monday! He has come so far. I am so in awe of his progress and of his very life. If he had not kicked when the EMT had his hand on Brie's tummy, I do not know where we would be today. God saved him. God placed that hand there to feel exactly when he would kick. God received his mom and left Curren to live here. The Champion, saved by the ultimate Champion Himself. God keeps on saving, keeps on loving, keeps on blessing, and keeps on fighting for us. Many have come to know Him through this. I still hate that my friend is not here to see this precious face and to hold her only son. But God will work all things for good. It has not and will not be easy, but it will be for our good. The Gomez family will reap a bountiful harvest, because they are not giving up. Brie and I would always remind each other that God is who He says He is...from the "Believing God" Bible study we did. He can do what He says He can do. He says he can give us life to the full, even when it feels so empty lately. The reason we hope is because the truth Brie spoke, the truth we believe in, does not change when life is lower than you thought it could be. God still speaks this truth to our souls, asking us to believe Him. Believe Him for the details, for the future, for the nights Eric wants and needs Brie there, for the days Mali will want to tell her momma something and can't, for the moments Eleri wants her momma to hold her and love on her, for all of it. He is so believable. He is Truth. He is the only Rock we cling to. He is our Champion. This sweet little champion has some huge things to do in his life. I cannot wait to watch, and, of course, cry, over all he will become. All that he has already become. Thanks, God.