[Keyes2000mt]

There are days when they will bring us to joys we never knew where possible. And there are days when, in their suffering, and in their danger, and in their pain, and their sickness, they will bring us to fears and to griefs that we did not think were possible; to pain that we never thought a human heart could endure.

And there are times when we are called upon to enjoy the fruits of their existence, and others when we are called to sacrifice the fruits of our own for their sake.

This whole mélange of joy and satisfaction, of pain and grief and sacrifice, of moments when you fulfill yourself, and moments when you must completely put yourself aside--this is what it means to have a child.-Alan Keyes August 29, 2004 at Mountaintop Community Church.

[joesbucks]

You know this whole thing could be a test from God for Alan to see how he handles this.

The problem is, do any of us really know what to do? Love the sinner hate the sin, does that mean shunning the sinner? Support her formative financial needs....does that mean he's aceepting of his lifestyle and financing it? Weighty issues.