[shazeep]

hmm. you gotta believe that they had discussed this beforehand--she was having a baby outside the medical system already, yes? as difficult as it may be to look in on from the outside, i'm not sure it is fair to say he failed. sometimes, for whatever reason, congenital defect, maybe (that we try to 'save,' and perpetuate even, with our human good), newborns die, it is the natural order, i would say. you can't believe that he wanted his child to die; but he was strong enough--one hopes--to trust God, even after the fact. harsh, tho.