Posted on 02/20/2004 4:48:12 PM PST by 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.
I am so sad, but grateful that his parents got to see Matthew and hold him before he went home. May God comfort his children now, and may He reward their faith.
Too many people treat this like it isn't that big of thing because they didn't have the child long enough to know him and it isn't like losing an older child but it hurts in ways that only they know. Please send them my sympathy and show them a lot of love and compassion for me.
I'm so sorry. Please know that the family is in my prayers.
tiki, PLEASE tell your niece how VERY PROUD I am of her and her choice to keep her baby as long as she could. Give her a Grammie hug?!
Everyone...
Words fail me now...God bless you all, each of you.
Prayers for Matthew. Nice to have a name, to be more specific. God Bless.
May Christ comfort them in their loss, being assured that they will someday again be reunited with their precious son.
Blessed be the name of The Lord.
Sigh.
Wholeness to those remaining. His Peace and Comfort to all, as well.
Prayers for the family
Matthew Paul, I hope you meet Paul Marshall Johnson and show him around.
I'm so very sorry BG... continued prayers for all of you and I am grateful Matthew's parents were able to hold him before he went to God.
May God bless all your family, especially the moma and daddy who lost so much.
I am so sorry to hear this news. You all are still in my prayers.
I am so sorry BG. My prayers for baby Matthew continue and for his parents.
Prayers to All
Now the arms that welcomed the little angel to heaven is the same that is wrapped around our hearts today. Thanks for the info BG.
Thanks for letting us know, BG. Praying for the family of little Matthew Paul in their time of grief and sorrow.
Oh what sad news .. Prayers for little Matthew and his family
Love to you and your family. Your niece and nephew have a special angel named Matthew who will always be watching over them.
I know it is so hard to give up a child. Some very special angels make a short appearance, and teach us all important lessons, and their stars will always shine.
I am so sorry. :(
I think God choses the little angels in Heaven with great care. I just pray that Matthew's family will find peace and understanding.
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