God Provides

(This is our family right after Luke was born)

I think it is amazing how God provides for us in the midst of the storm. Last Thursday when the doctor gave Eric such a dim outlook on Luke, Eric immediately called our friend Jamey who works near the hospital. He said he would be right there, and had one of his police officers who was closer come in to the NICU first. Eric went out and met this guy who was really a stranger and told him what he had just been told about Luke. This officer just said "can I pray with you?" and prayed with Eric in a time of much upset. Jamey could have sent anyone, but God made sure it was a Christian brother who would bring comfort. Today I had just been intensly praying over Luke for God's healing. I had been praying, "God, you created him and only you know what he needs and how to fix him." A few hours later the nurse said a pastor was here so I watched for someone from New Hope. In came a total stranger who is a pastor near the hospital and whose daughter is in my in-law's church. She said she felt she needed to come pray for Luke today. She began to pray almost the exact words I had been praying all day. It brought such comfort to be in one accord, praying over Luke.

We had another day of no answers and many trials with settings. Most didn't work. Luke is back on the high frequency ventilator, but doing a little better with his blood gases tonight. He was seen by a pulmonologist today who said he really had no more ideas than the neonatologists had. We just continue to get the word that Luke doesn't fit anything they have really seen before. All this leads us back to - the only physician for Luke is the Great Physician - God who created him.

We ask God for healing and rest in His Word. I chose this verse today because Eric and I end this day a little weary from the ups and downs and the unknowns. We know God will bless us with strength for tomorrow and that is enough.

Isaiah 40:31 "But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."