Grace

grace - an undeserved favor or gift; the undeserved forgiveness, kindness and mercy that God gives us.

That is the definition of grace in my bible. Grace fits our situation in so many ways. Luke is a gift from God. We certainly wanted a third child, but were not planning him. (We had much trouble getting pregnant and staying pregnant) When we found out we were expecting we were thrilled that God had blessed us with his favor. God's grace covers our sins that we as humans continue to commit. I always remember a shirt I had in high school that said "We're not perfect - just forgiven". Though we strive to be perfect we will never be, so we continue to strive to be more Christ-like and ask forgiveness when we are not. God is covering us with his kindness and mercy as we struggle with Luke and all he is going through. As I look back over all the posts we have made it seems like years ago that we started this whole journey. I know it is only by God's grace, power and mercy that we are this far and I know He will see us through to the end in His time.

Luke has not made many changes. He is still very swollen. His head is now leaking the fluid out. We continue to need more output from his kidneys. He is on many sedation drugs so we feel he is comfortable enough. We do pray for his comfort as he looks so uncomfortable. We get a doctor back tomorrow who has seen him through his most difficult days so we look forward to talking with him. We talked today about how after all this swelling is down, the infection under control and his kidneys are working we will still have a little boy who can't breathe on his own, but at this point we would be thrilled to have that little boy back!

As we continue to pray for healing, pray with us for wisdom for the doctors, answers to questions and progress for Luke.

2 Corinthians 12:9 "...My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."

2 Chronicles 20:12 "...We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you"