Country singer Granger Smith and his wife, Amber Smith, announced on their Instagram accounts that they are having a baby boy.
Thursday’s news comes 21 months after the death of the couple’s youngest son, People reported. River Smith was 3 when he died in a drowning accident at home in June 2019.
“We’re pregnant. I don’t have many words for this video. Life isn’t perfect. Sometimes it’s beat up and broken but it’s never hopeless. God promises that,” Granger Smith, 41, wrote, captioning a video of the family speaking directly to their late son River. “Our story isn’t finished yet, and neither is yours! Through our suffering and joy, God’s glory radiates through it all! A new Smith boy is due in August.”
“God has made a way we never thought possible. If I’ve learned anything over the last two years, it’s that I do not have as much control as I think I do,” Amber Smith wrote, using Bible verses in her post.
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“Never did I think at 39 I would be blessed with expecting another baby boy. These past couple of years have been so rough but also so full of so much joy, hope, healing, growing and grace from God,” Amber Smith wrote. “Lord, I pray that our story can speak life to someone else who may be suffering to never give up hope. To surrender their burdens to you. To trust you even when it hurts.”
Amber Smith also recalled her late son.
“Sweet Riv, because of the beautiful life you lived, we are forever changed and we will continue honoring your big, little legacy until we come home to you,” she wrote️. “To God we give all the glory and we can’t wait to meet our new little boy August 2021.”
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