Big Fat Praise

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Answered Prayer, faith, God is GOOD!, Prayer, sweet babies

Ok, ya’ll…first go to this post, then come right back and read the rest!

Our Pastor’s grandbaby…the one I asked for prayer for?  Things were grim.  Very grim.  Super grim.  Obviously the docs were for aborting.  Not much appeared to be going on with this little girl.  Probably paralysis, blindness, deafness; you get my drift.  Anyway, a few weeks before the due date, they noticed a very slight movement in one of her arms.   Then one day before Christmas I was at home, and I received a call from my mom;  Gloria Jean was born.

Perfect.  Healthy.

This child, I have to tell you, is gorgeous.

While one side of her brain isn’t fully developed, it doesn’t affect her physically, and she just had her first appointment with early intervention nurses.  She’s one month old, and is showing the social skills and physical abilities of a 2 month old.

PRAISE GOD!  Thank you for praying; I just thought you’d like to know! 😀

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Precious in His Sight

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abortion, Big God, faith, great Papa, Hope, Prayer, religion

I ran across this picture today on mom and dad’s computer.  Too cute!  Jack loves his Papa.  And check out that hair-my poor children are so in need of haircuts.  But the curls just get me.  I’ll enjoy them for a little while longer. 🙂

Speaking of precious, please pray for our pastor’s son and daughter in law (the Johnsons), who are 5-6 months pregnant.  Their baby was just diagnosed with encephalitis, and the doctors are trying to push abortion. (!?!) It just makes me incredibly sad that they have no true hope that only God can provide.  They obviously are not going to abort.  Please, please pray that God’s Glory would be shown through this situation, whatever the outcome.  We serve a BIG GOD, and this little life is precious to alot of people.

First things First

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House Closing, Prayer

I have a lovely weekend to blog about this afternoon, but before I get to that, we need some mighty prayer power goin’ on!

New closing date is set for tomorrow, but a couple of things have to fall into place first. Ack! Erick has already taken the day off of work, and I hope it’s not for naught. Paperwork needs to be sent to and fro; an appraiser needs to appraise, and the sellers need to confirm that they will very generously waive ridiculous late fees since this delay is not technically our fault.

So if you wouldn’t mind thinkin’ of and prayin’ for the Murray clan, we’d appreciate it very much! 😀 I’m ready to have this thing over and done with!

God Sized Situations

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Prayer

Some situations are pretty small. Things you can easily handle yourself (or rather…you think you can; we should go to God with everything though!) Other situations, however, you realize right off the bat that there is nothing you in your “humanly” power can do, so the whole she-bang must be turned over, in it’s entirety, at once! And it never, ever hurts to have prayer. Ever. From as many people as possible. (Hence this post.) 🙂

Firstly, please pray for R.H. God worked a mighty miracle last night in this person’s life, and although they probably don’t realize it, I’m sure that this particular drama could be turned into an incredible testimony one day. Please pray for R.H.’s broken heart and dear family. This desperate situation will hopefully be turned into a really, really good thing.

Secondly, although I don’t feel free as a bird to really discuss our particular circumstance right this minute, we (and other involved parties) would greatly covet your prayers for God’s wisdom, guidance, and peace in a sticky situation. While we hope for a certain outcome, sometimes God has something even better waiting for us than what we think is the best! I’ll let you know once it is all resolved. In His timing, of course!

Thanks, friends.

God answers prayers, people!

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Christianity, God, kids, Prayer

Sometimes it’s an immediate yes, sometimes a no, sometimes a wait-and-see. We are case in points for all 3 scenarios, and appreciative for it! We waited 2 years for Erick’s dream job (which was a definite “wait” and “follow me in a direction you never imagined”) and we are still in the waiting stage for a house. However, if God answers our house prayers like he answered the job prayer-we are in for a blessing and a half! I could go on an on in the whole answered-prayer realm of our lives.

All that said, I just wanted to share a great answer we received today. The boys are sick. Sicker than sick. Flat out miserable. Ry’s going on a week, and for the past 4 days it’s been painful torture to try to get him to eat and drink. Try reasoning with a 3 year old! That’s fodder for a few blogs itself…

Today (Wednesday) is my usual get together at a friend’s house for a ladies prayer group. Obviously I couldn’t make it today, so I called and asked for prayers for the boys. I mentioned that Ry hadn’t had any food to speak of for quite a while. The call was around 9 o’clock. Awhile later, Ryan perked right up and asked for oatmeal. And ate THREE bowls, back to back. WOW! I took a peek at the clock and realized that it completely coincided with the time that my dear friends were in the prayer stage of the meeting. How’s that for an immediate yes? I love that God decided to answer in this particular way today. He is faithful, friends.