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Beautiful! May the balloons of our lives be a similar display of God's glory.

Wow.

Blessed be the name of the Lord, indeed. Just another reminder of how awesome God is.

It's heartwarming to know that one day, they will meet their son in God's kingdom, perfect and whole, as he was "meant" to be…

I'm sitting here with tears streaming down my face. What a wonderful God, and what a beautiful family.

The first time I saw this, when our pastor played it near Easter, I don't think there was a dry eye in the room. Just thinking about it still chokes me up.

It is one fo the better testaments to faith and love I've ever seen.

Really beautiful. I don't cry easily but this was just so truthful and heartwarming. Thank you for sharing.

This sweet family just had their second healthy baby since losing Eliot. God is good.

Oh wow. That was beautiful.

What a beautiful life.

I've seen this at least 4 times, and I can never get through it without crying.

My wife is just over 5 months pregnant right now, and as such I'm really starting to connect with what it means to be a father and the amazing feeling of love that this unborn one brings. This heart-rending, beautiful video is a powerful testament to the grace of our almighty God and the resolute faith of this family.

The first time I watched this I was so deeply moved, the second time I bbroke with tears… and now, I can no longer take my life for granted. God bless this family.

I have seen this before, but my heart breaks everytime. Life is so precious and precarious and too many of us take the miracle of ife for granted.

Thanks for sharing this. I have seen it several times, but it always brings me hope (and tears). I am so thatnkfult he Lord gave this family such peace during a time of great trial. Their witness is so powerful!

Dear John:

Please use "Will make you weep" disclaimers in future.

Thanks,
Lisa-Jo

wow I just bawled my eyes out. A beautiful story of God's faithfulness and sovereignty!

What a beautiful tribute to a short life that made such a difference. An amazing family. Incredible God.

The love and joy of Christ that those parents showed in the way they adored their child is beyond words. Thank you, Jon, for making sure we didn't miss seeing how God used Eliot.

i have never cried so much at a video…

I wan't really ready for that, and think that was a good thing. I'm glad that his parents took such a good attitude towards it.

I'll see you as well, dear Eliot.

Thank you for sharing that

bawling like, what else? a baby.
beautiful story, beautiful miracle.

Sitting at my computer with tears running shamelessly down my face. Thank you so much for sharing.

I watched that years ago when it first came out and sobbed like my heart would break. Since then, they've had a baby girl, I believe

And a son! Just the other day!!

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yeah this story was told on Oprah quite awhile ago…soooooooo sad!!!!

What is more unfair: That the righteous suffer or that the wicked prosper?…As a father of two young girls, I can't bare to think of how terrible my heart would hurt to be in their shoes.

That was beautiful. Almost made me cry.

I shouldn't have watched this at work. Wow. That was powerful. God give us all the strength to be able to say those words when people that we love are taken away.

Thank you for sharing that, Jon.

Jon, I'm slightly mad at you for showing that. I just cried for almost the entire 6 minutes. It was beautiful to see God use such a small, adorable thing for His glory.

I wonder how many times health care professionals tried to convince these people to abort the baby before it was born?!? Thank God they didn't. All life is so very precious!

I am sitting here with tears streaming down my face. I just flew back to CA after attending a funeral in CO for my friend who took his life and he was only 24. Burying someone you love and mourning the loss of life is an indescribable feeling and only the peace of knowing they are with Jesus can provide comfort. I am so blessed to see Eliot's parents celebrate his life in this way. Meet Jesus if you don't know him already, he's pretty awesome!