As the mother of a daughter adopted from China, I was in tears at the news that singer Steven Curtis Chapman's youngest daughter, Maria Sue, 5, had died. Maria had celebrated her fifth birthday less than 10 days before the tragic accident that took her life.
Steven and his wife adopted Maria from China in 2004. Her family has asked that donations be made to Shaohannah's Hope, Maria's Miracle Fund(http://www.shaohannahshope.org/), an organization they founded after the adoption of their daughter, Shaohannah, to provide grants to families wishing to adopt.
I found this quote from the author George MacDonald on another site. Truer words were never spoken:
“Sometimes a thunderbolt will shoot from a clear sky; and sometimes in the life of a peaceful family, without warning of gathered storm, something terrible will fall. And from that moment everything seems changed. That family is no more exactly what it was before. Better it ought to be, damaged it may be.
“The result depends on the family itself and its response to the invading storm of trouble. Forever after, its spiritual weather is altered. But for the family who believes in God, such rending and frightful catastrophes never come but where they are turned around for good in that family’s life and in other lives they touch.”
Maria's funeral was this morning. Please keep the Chapman family in your prayers, now and in the days ahead, as they move forward in life without their darling daughter.
Steven and his wife adopted Maria from China in 2004. Her family has asked that donations be made to Shaohannah's Hope, Maria's Miracle Fund(http://www.shaohannahshope.org/), an organization they founded after the adoption of their daughter, Shaohannah, to provide grants to families wishing to adopt.
I found this quote from the author George MacDonald on another site. Truer words were never spoken:
“Sometimes a thunderbolt will shoot from a clear sky; and sometimes in the life of a peaceful family, without warning of gathered storm, something terrible will fall. And from that moment everything seems changed. That family is no more exactly what it was before. Better it ought to be, damaged it may be.
“The result depends on the family itself and its response to the invading storm of trouble. Forever after, its spiritual weather is altered. But for the family who believes in God, such rending and frightful catastrophes never come but where they are turned around for good in that family’s life and in other lives they touch.”
Maria's funeral was this morning. Please keep the Chapman family in your prayers, now and in the days ahead, as they move forward in life without their darling daughter.
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