Hope always

Rejoice and exult in hope;

be steadfast and patient in suffering and tribulation;

be constant in prayer.

Romans 12:12

This would have to be my theme verse for what this blog is set up for. Rejoicing in our hope for our precious Elijah. Rejoicing in hope through the trials and suffering and sharing in our prayers offered to God.

I am just going to jump on in and begin where we are right now. Maybe one of these days I will be able to back track but I don't have the time now. So if you have any questions. Let me know.

I need hope. I have to have hope! I have to see the good even if it is buried by a mound of bad. Because God is with me, because I accept and believe what He says, I know there is hope. I know there is hope and I will dig in that mound to find it if it takes all that is in me to do it.

We came very close to loosing Elijah this weekend. He literally was resesitated (with drugs). I wondered if was God's plan that Elijah would go be with Him.

I have come to a place of surrender to God's plan but that does not take away the pain and the emotional drained feelings. I shed a lot of tears this weekend. I prayed for a miracle. I also prayed for God's will.

Elijah is so fragile right now. Even so, it is amazing how strong he is and how he fights to breath on his own. He wants life. We want him to live. What does God want?

God keeps reminding me He can do miracles. I believe with all my heart He can. I have seen them. I can't forget Elijah's birth. He was born with no difficulties, he breathed and looked at us with those beautiful eyes. That was unexpected to those who did not know the power of God. He had a knot in his umbilical cord that potentially could have cut him off from life before he was born but it didn't. The doctors were amazed. He nursed and grew even though the medical profession said a baby boy with Down syndrome and a heart defect could not do it. We prayed and though God did not answer some prayers imediately, He did in His own timeing.

To me Elijah is a miracle. He is a blessing. God has blessed us by giving us Elijah and yes, all of this tribulation that has followed. We have been blessed. We are blessed.

Lori