Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Jonah

I know I've told you about Jonah before. Today is a big day for their family. They have been waiting three weeks to find out the severity of his disease. Please pray for them today as they get the results. Jonah is healing some, but is still very sick, and it appears to be a bad case...I cannot imagine what they are going through. I look at Eli and am SO thankful that he is a healthy baby boy. I feel so blessed that God has allowed me to have this beautiful child, and I wonder why the Williams family has to go through this.
Read the words Patrice wrote last night (Gabe is their boy that was stillborn 11 months ago):
I wonder if God has brought him into this world just to take him out again. I wonder if my heart could take it. I wonder if my faith really is strong enough to survive it if Jonah leaves. I miss Gabe. I'm broken tonight, praying for renewed hope and new mercies for the morning. Jonah continues to be strong, and my God continues to be mighty. But I feel like I don't believe enough and don't have faith that's strong enough. I know that in my weakness, He is strong. But He doesn't promise us healing for Jonah or even his survival. He promises to work for the good of those who seek him and to make their paths straight. But what exactly does that mean?I just wish, as I lie here in bed, that I had an 11 month old sleeping upstairs in our beautiful nursery and a 2 1/2 week old sleeping beside me in his bassinet.
Please pray.

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