Prayer and What God is telling me

I have been hearing from God a lot about prayer lately. We have touched on it at church in various ways, I am daily reminded by a chart on my mirror to pray for my boys, and Cory even gave me the gift of prayer for Christmas. I think God is trying to tell me something, what do you think!

Anyway, so the last few months I have been blog hopping, because I spend way to much time on the computer, and found several people in need of pray. I can't even remember how I stumbled on to the first one for Copeland Farley but I did and I am so glad! Boothe, Copeland's mother, was getting ready to give birth to her any day. You may think no big deal, but it was a huge deal. Copeland had been diagnosed with Trisomy-18. I hadn't heard of this before so I read and read about it. I read about Boothe's journey of faith through all of the doctor's visits. I read about Copeland's birth and her brief life of 8 days. I read about the funeral and how God was speaking to them. I read, cried, smiled, and felt a touch from God as I read about how this woman was testifying about our Lord's strength, comfort, and guidance.

Her blog me to several other Christian families that are also coping with this disease. Some of these families are further along the journey than Boothe, but some are just now grieving the loss of their child. There is one family that had a son early in December who is still alive. There are a couple of families due to give birth soon. You are probably wondering why I waste my time reading these, but I don't think I am wasting time. I am learning more about our God. These ladies are all so thankful to God for the opportunity to have had these children, and grateful for the impact that these babies have had on their lives, and the lives of so many others. These women and their children have taught me more about my faith in the last few months than I have learned in a long time. These women are so open and honest about what they are feeling and thinking. They have grieved and shared the joy and hope they have all at the same time. They know that their children are in heaven with God and are healed. What an awesome and yet difficult thing.

There are a couple of other families on my prayer list that do not have children with T-18, but with other things like cancer. They also need prayer. I am not trying to sadden you today, but wanting you to join me in prayer for all of these precious families. I think God has enriched my life even in the past few weeks because I am becoming more obedient in prayer for these families and for others. Please take a moment if not to read about them, to lift up their name in prayer.

Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God. Philippians 1:3 (NLT)

Let me say first that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith in him is being talked about all over the world. Romans 1:8 (NLT)