Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Prayer Books
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Leighton's Prayer
I am not making this up ... to the best of my memory, this is what Leighton's prayer sounded like tonight. Keep in mind I gave him no help, just listened!
Thank you basketball
Thank you day
Thank you mommy
Thank you daddy
Thank you boat
Thank you cross
Thank you sins
Here is my translation:
Lord,
Thank you for my basketball hoop (and the sport in general),
Thank you for today,
Thank you for my mommy,
Thank you for my daddy,
(I'm sure in his heart he is also thankful for his brother McCabe),
Thank you for my boat room decorations (this one threw me for a loop),
Thank you for dying on the cross to forgive my sins.
Amen
Oh my goodness it was so sweet and wonderful. We love our prayer times at night with him. He is really catching on. Or perhaps, he is really good at copying and wants to do what mommy and daddy do. Either way, he is on a good track.
Thank you basketball
Thank you day
Thank you mommy
Thank you daddy
Thank you boat
Thank you cross
Thank you sins
Here is my translation:
Lord,
Thank you for my basketball hoop (and the sport in general),
Thank you for today,
Thank you for my mommy,
Thank you for my daddy,
(I'm sure in his heart he is also thankful for his brother McCabe),
Thank you for my boat room decorations (this one threw me for a loop),
Thank you for dying on the cross to forgive my sins.
Amen
Oh my goodness it was so sweet and wonderful. We love our prayer times at night with him. He is really catching on. Or perhaps, he is really good at copying and wants to do what mommy and daddy do. Either way, he is on a good track.
Monday, June 29, 2009
The Retest Results
The results came in today. My blood was perfectly fine, but McCabe's still showed high levels of the enzyme. So tomorrow we are to report to the Doctor and then the hospital pathology lab to get McCabe's blood drawn and collect urine for more specific tests.
They are testing for 3-MCC, or 3-Methlycrotonyl Coenzyme A Carboxylase Deficiency , a metabolic disease that can cause muscle atrophy, liver failure, and insult to the mitochondria. Amazingly, some people don't ever show signs of the disease. It sounds ver scary to us and we are trying to be patient and prayerful as we await the next round of tests.
It would be ideal if he didn't have it obviously, but we know that either way God is good, that he can use all things for the good of those who love him, and that he is, in my opinion, in the best possible family he could be in because we love him so much.
Psalm 143:1-2 says that the Lord prepares our hands for war and our fingers for battle. Basically, that means the Lord has and will continue to prepare us for whatever obstacles that life brings. I know that the Lord will prepare us for the news and preapre us for the treatment process, should that be the case.
Please join us in praying how we have been ... 'Lord if possible, please take this cup from Macabe. Lord, we ask the he would be totally healthy and free from any disease or manifestation of symptions for the rest of his life ... but... NOT OUR WILL, BUT YOURS BE DONE." We are very challenged by Jesus' prayer in Gethsamane, recorded in Matthew 26. He pleads with the Lord 3 times to not have to be beaten and nailed to the cross. He is honest in pleading that, but WILLING to do whatever neccessary, whatever the Lord asked him to do. If Jesus wouldn't have been hung on the cross, my very sins would not be attoned for and I would be going to hell. So obviously, much good came from a very grueling, trying, lonely, and desperate time in Jesus' life. Jesus didn't want to suffer, but suffering was neccessary for a great outcome ... the opportunity for salvation to all who accept his grace. Jesus was living for a purpose greater than himself and was in complete submission to God. We too want to beg for good health for McCabe, but we also desire to be in complete submission to the Lords plan for our family.
They are testing for 3-MCC, or 3-Methlycrotonyl Coenzyme A Carboxylase Deficiency , a metabolic disease that can cause muscle atrophy, liver failure, and insult to the mitochondria. Amazingly, some people don't ever show signs of the disease. It sounds ver scary to us and we are trying to be patient and prayerful as we await the next round of tests.
It would be ideal if he didn't have it obviously, but we know that either way God is good, that he can use all things for the good of those who love him, and that he is, in my opinion, in the best possible family he could be in because we love him so much.
Psalm 143:1-2 says that the Lord prepares our hands for war and our fingers for battle. Basically, that means the Lord has and will continue to prepare us for whatever obstacles that life brings. I know that the Lord will prepare us for the news and preapre us for the treatment process, should that be the case.
Please join us in praying how we have been ... 'Lord if possible, please take this cup from Macabe. Lord, we ask the he would be totally healthy and free from any disease or manifestation of symptions for the rest of his life ... but... NOT OUR WILL, BUT YOURS BE DONE." We are very challenged by Jesus' prayer in Gethsamane, recorded in Matthew 26. He pleads with the Lord 3 times to not have to be beaten and nailed to the cross. He is honest in pleading that, but WILLING to do whatever neccessary, whatever the Lord asked him to do. If Jesus wouldn't have been hung on the cross, my very sins would not be attoned for and I would be going to hell. So obviously, much good came from a very grueling, trying, lonely, and desperate time in Jesus' life. Jesus didn't want to suffer, but suffering was neccessary for a great outcome ... the opportunity for salvation to all who accept his grace. Jesus was living for a purpose greater than himself and was in complete submission to God. We too want to beg for good health for McCabe, but we also desire to be in complete submission to the Lords plan for our family.
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