Comments on: THE BEST AND WORST OF TIMES

By: Jeanie Kaszubski

Jeanie Kaszubski — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:02:29 +0000

Cory and family…
I finally got a chance to read this blog. First of all, the picture itself just blew me away. As my youngest son, Paul, would say…”It is epic.” Your blog itself was wonderful also. Happy to be in touch again, and God bless you, Ali, and your 3 sons.
Priviledged to know you,
Jeanie Kaszubski

By: Cory Kent

Cory Kent — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:46:15 +0000

Thanks so much for your encouragement Mary Jo. Likewise, your family remains in our prayers as well. I have heard many accounts of how you and your family have displayed the grace and strength of God as you faced difficult circumstances. We are grateful to have your support. Blessings- Cory

By: Mary Jo Doyle

Mary Jo Doyle — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:13:57 +0000

Dear Cory and Ali,
What an awesome testimony you both are for the Lord and an encouragement to those around you as you trust in the Lord through the best and the worst of times. I know you both know that the Lord will use your experience and Jude for good and ultimately for His glory. I mourn with you for your loss of Jude and rejoice with you that he is with the Lord. I am Shane’s mom. I think your mom shared my loss with you. I can imagine Shane greeting Jude as he joined him in heaven with Jesus. I am thankful when I read in God’s word that this life is just a vapor, even though it feels so long. Just as you both feel I am sure- I can’t wait to see my baby Shane in heaven, as well as my baby Casey that I spontaneously miscarried in 2001 at 8 wks. I also can’t wait to meet Jude. You both continue to be in my thoughts and prayers as we all continue to trust in the Lord to walk, and sometimes carry us, through until He comes again.
I’m not sure if Jan shared with you the song, Glory Baby by Watermark, but it is a beautiful song and the words are so true. I received this song form a friend on the site Grooveshark.com

Continuing to praise Him with you,
Mary Jo Doyle

By: Cory Kent

Cory Kent — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:27:29 +0000

thanks for the note Michele-

By: Cory Kent

Cory Kent — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:26:12 +0000

thank you Karen- good to hear from you. love to the family. : )

By: Cory Kent

Cory Kent — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:25:26 +0000

thanks Adam- see you guys soon!

By: Adam Hill

Adam Hill — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:13:17 +0000

We love you guys, that was an amazing blog post…

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:27:59 +0000

Beautiful Cory! It’s so great to see you praising God through it all. We love you all.

By: Jan Kent

Jan Kent — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:10:03 +0000

Cory and Ali,
“We give thanks to God always for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers; constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father, knowing, brethren beloved by God, His choice of you;” I Thess. 1:2-4
With great labor comes great harvest. What will be the return for your labor?
“Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for the harvest.” John 4:35
We are told the laborers are few. You, Cory and Ali are laborers and have labored greatly. “For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers. Prescribe and teach these things. Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe.” I Tim. 4:10-12
We know God in His Sovereignty purposed this life of Jude’s and His purposes will not be thwarted. Great is His faithfulness!
Some of the purposes are already being realized:
This Lord has strengthened your marriage as you walked together thru this valley bringing glory to Him and modeling this for the boys. They are being prepared to be fathers and husbands after taking Godly wives. This you have both modeled many times…yet again.
You and they know more of the faithfulness of the Lord than before.
As grandparents and parents, we had the joy of early announcement of baby #4, Jude was on his way. We waited expectantly for that beautiful detailed ultra-sound, complete with heartbeat, yawn and sweet little facial profile. What a generous gift of God. The accompanying blog brought much witness and glory to God. “A cloud of witnesses watched as did the world as you both ran this race set before you, with endurance, fixing your eyes on Jesus.” Heb. 12:1-3 The race included morning sickness, flu and pre-mature delivery, jobs, 3 active boys, and all that involves. Yet we remember: “Nothing done for Christ is in vain.” I Cor. 15: 50-58
You are a strand of three, Cory, Ali and the Lord, not easily broken. Ecc. 4:9-12. You have run the race well and the harvest.
Who will come to know Jesus because of Jude’s life and death? Jude knows the Father’s love (tho many don’t) because he was greatly loved, wanted, desired, fearfully wonderfully made by the Perfect Father who holds him in heaven. He also knew the love of his earthly father, mother, and brothers in that safe secure place in the womb: he knew he was greatly loved, wanted, and desired in the Kent family. And there will be a reunion one day. And one day we’ll understand more fully the purposes of God. Today we know this: what Satan means for harm, God means for good. Gen. 50:20
“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.” I Cor. 13:12-13
“This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘Therefore I have hope in Him.’ The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him. It is good that he waits silently for the salvation of the Lord.” Lam. 3:21-26
So we wait. The story is not over yet!

By: MICHELE SKELTON

MICHELE SKELTON — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:31:28 +0000

Cory,
This was so beautiful. God took this horrific occurrence in you and Ali’s life and brought you guys closer to Him. You both are a shining example of how Christ lives in us.

I am so sorry for your loss. I pray your healing continues to be quick and that God comforts you in those private moments of pain.

With much love to you both,

Michele Skelton