A Prayer for Another Tiny Baby

Brad's Gramma | 2-20-04 | Myself

[Brad’s Gramma]

Well everyone, I'm back with an urgent prayer request for yet another tiny baby. I don't know what the outcome of this will be, our Lord knows, and only He can handle this situation.

My niece Ann and her husband Mike were married this past September and became pregnant on their honeymoon. They found out last Tuesday during a doctor's check-up that something was not right with the pregnancy. She went in the next day for an ultra sound and found out the baby is severely physically handicapped. He has a disease that will not enable him to live out of the womb.

The doctors gave them the choice to abort the pregnancy, but they could NOT do it. Ann said she could NOT stop a beating heart.

Ann and Mike named their precious baby Matthew Paul. He's almost 23 weeks "old". The little guy is moving around in the womb, his Mommy can feel him. She may or may not be able to carry this pregnancy to term...this is all in the Lord's hand.

The bottom line here is one of three things....Matthew will NOT make it to term, or he WILL make it to term but still not live, OR our God will heal him in the womb. We've all heard of cases where the doctors HAVE BEEN WRONG, urging an unnecessary abortion. I don't have an answer ... none of us do. I DO KNOW that God is an AWESOME GOD and is able to use this baby and his parents in a mighty way.

My friends, we prayed for another baby and look how that turned out. I beg you to pray for Ann, Mike and Matthew.

Dear Heavenly Father, we come before you again, on our knees begging you to heal a baby whose chances are mighty slim. Lord, we KNOW that You're the Great Physician and can heal whomever You wish. We also know, and acknowledge, that Your "yes" is not always OUR "yes". Please Lord, give Ann and Mike the spiritual, physical and emotional strength to go through with the remainder of this pregnancy. Lord, please give every health care provider YOUR wisdom. Please let Your words be their words. Please let Your decisions be theirs. And Lord, if it's Your will that Matthew not spend time with his parents here on earth, we thank you for that, too. We know that he will see YOUR face, he'll stand before YOUR throne, and for that we thank you. In Jesus' Holy Name, Amen.

[Brad’s Gramma]

BTTT for Sunday evening prayer for Matthew and his parents.

[hocndoc]

Christie, if you don't mind a little humor: At least we know your baby's momma and daddy are normal.

But, you've got to let go on this one. Most babies are just fine and yours will be, too. Anything bad that could cause the troubles you worry about in this kind of case would have happened before the baby was 12 weeks along, possibly even back when the sperm or egg was developing. But, you're going to go through the next few months making your baby the best home possible, and then just keep on keeping on for the next 18 or so.

(I've got a little commune going at my house: my son, his wife and my granddaughter live just next door, and my daughter and her husband are living in a little guest apartment in one part of our house. So, don't count on it being "just 18 years!")

[hocndoc]

I'm praying for Joanie and her little girl.

[JustAmy]

Prayers are being said for Ann, Mike and Matthew Paul.

Please Father give them strength to endure this sad time. Hold them in your loving embrace as you guide the doctors. If it be Thy will, please comfort Matthew Paul through his journey, as you comfort and bless Ann and Mike. We ask this in Jesus Name. Amen.

[JustAmy]

He Gathers Every Teardrop...

Regardless of the circumstance,
Regardless of the fear,
Regardless of the pain we bear,
Regardless of the tear.

Our God is ever in control,
Performing as He should,
And He has promised in His Word
To work things for our good.

But as a loving Father would,
He sometimes lets us cry
To cleanse the hurt out of our heart,
To wash it from our eye.

Yet gently gathers the tears
Within His hands to stay
Until He turns them into pearls,
and gives them back someday.

~Author Glenda Fulton Davis~

[Brad’s Gramma]

Sunday night prayer bump for a very VERY special little one...

[kayak]

For Ann, Mike, and Matthew; and for Joanie and her baby ...

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

Prayers for your niece, her husband, and their baby.

[MrConfettiMan]

Prayers offered.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Monday Morn BTTT prayers for Matthew , his parents and Joanie and her baby girl.

[etabeta]

will pray for this baby and his family. Blessings.

[austingirl]

Prayers on the way

[WVNan]

We took JD to Columbus Tuesday to the neurosurgeon. He had an MRI done of his brain. The left side of his brain, which was nothing but cysts when he was born, has now completely regrown and looks like a normal brain mass. But the cysts on the right side are still there. So on March 4, Dr Kosnik is going to put in a shunt. We will have to go down to Columbus on March 3 for pre operation tests. We will be spending the night in the Ronald McDonald house and we have to have him at the hospital at 6:30 the next morning. His surgery is scheduled for 8am. Dr Kosnik believes there is a good chance that once the fluid is drained, the right side of his brain may regenerate as well.

This is a recent e-mail from my step-daughter. JD is her grandson and my husband's great-grandson. When J.D. was born they said he would not live. He had no brain to speak of. I wish I could post his picture but don't know how. I think I can send it to someone by e-mail if they know how to post it.

You know that I believe that these young people have made the right decision. Let God make the final choice. May that choice be accepted as the right one for everyone involved. God bless the wee babe and his parents, in Jesus' name. Amen.

[Brad’s Gramma]

What a WONDERFUL testament of God's healing power!!!

Thank you to everyone who's praying for this little one and his parents!!!!!

WV, you have mail...

[Diva Betsy Ross]

If you freepmail me I will post it from my server.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Night time prayers for Matthew and his parents and for Joanie and her baby girl.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Late night joining you in prayer, Diva, for Matthew and Joanie!


Thank you Lord, for letting us come to You.

[ValerieUSA]

[Brad’s Gramma]

Wednesday afternoon BTTT prayers for Ann, Mike and Matthew!!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Prayers continue for Matthew, his parents and Joanie and her baby girl.