They pronounced him with 
three months to live
And we, um, brought him home.
Um, that's where our journey with Joseph 
began
And, um, God comforted us in many ways
Through the body of Christ
Uh, through family, friends
Through his Word, continually from
 beginning to now
Joseph's six and a half years old, and
He's been a tremendous light and blessing 
to our lives.
We-we were given an opportunity 
to end his life
Really early on in the hospital
An intensivist asked us, did we want
To go into a special room
And say goodbye to Joseph
And um, I got to share with her, she's an
atheist, and I got to share with her that
Joseph's life began with God, and-and he was
Created by God, and ordained by God
And given to us, and that we didn't
Plan on ending his life.
There in the hospital, and if God chose 
to take Joseph
That it was his business, and that
He would do it in his own way.
We were already a close family before Joseph
But then, I think Joseph definitely 
made us closer.
We spent a lot of time together.
And working to all help sustain 
Joseph's life.
And so I think we've learned to appreciate
What life is, and the meaning of life
Some days it might get hard, uh, or
We think it might get hard at a moment
But then we realize we couldn't imagine life without Joseph.
That-I mean, I would take a whole month
Of those hard days
Just to get one day of hearing him laugh
And hearing him sing
And hearing him uh, you know, pray is 
something special and I wouldn't 
trade it for anything in this world.
It's been one of the richest experiences 
of my life
Like, I said, I mean God's taught us 
a tremendous amount
That we never could have learned 
apart from Joseph.
Just about his faithfulness, 
and about his love
And um, just how very, very sovereign
And near he is to us.
And I've read it in the Word since 
I was 12 years old
I've studied the Scriptures that he
Came up close and personal
And has been very personal to us, 
and intimate
Um, over these past six and a half years.
You know, countless times in the Bible, 
you see
The lame or the paralyzed, and Jesus
Always took time to spend-to be with them.
You know, to go apart from 
his daily schedule, or
From his preaching and to go
To spend time with them, and
You know, generate stories just around them
It makes you-it makes you thankful
For things that we often take for granted
Like the ability to walk, the ability to
move our arms, the ability to 
breathe normally
We haven't taken that for granted in the 
last six and a half years, and people 
who aren't-
You know, around that every day
You can seem to be wrapped up
Pretty quick with the things of this world,
and it's kinda helped keep us focused 
on what's real
Um, what really matters.
