Posted on 11/22/2003 4:21:25 PM PST by JustPiper
I am posting on behalf of my brother-in-law, who is a VietNam Vet. His great nephew,Cooper Hawk is in need of a miracle. I told him and my sister Bernie, Miracles happen at Free Republic.
Little Cooper's parents are Alfred and Holly. Holly found out only three weeks before Cooper was borne all the problems he had. Being a good young woman, she left this to God and against her doctor's advice still brought little Cooper in this world.
Cooper's problems are so severe, where they lived in Florida, the only place with the machine Cooper needed to survive, called an ECMO machine, was located in Gainesville. So the parents alternate at the Ronald McDonald House, in order to be with Cooper at all times.
Cooper has spent his life since he was born September 17th, in ICU- NeoNatal. In two months Cooper has undergone such an enormous amount of procedures and surgery. The following are little Cooper's problems, that are so much for him and his parents to bear.
Cooper was born with DH (diaphragm hernia), his intestines were all pushed up into his lung and of course he couldn't breath properly. They did not even know if Cooper even 'had' a right lung. For the one lung was underdeveloped. The good news is, Cooper survived this surgery to correct the intestinal problem.
He has always been on a ventilator and medicated to keep him sedate, for too much upset would be problematic. He has a feeding tube naturally for digestion.
Cooper has a bone in his neck that is soft and a cleft palate. They do not know yet how deep this palate goes. He has a whole in his little heart and the ECMO recycles blood by-products for him.
Cooper is now two months old and weighs 8 lbs. 1 ounce. The prayers we are asking for today are for the fact Cooper has developed a blood infection and this is very dire.
I asked my sister Bernie, what prayers should I ask for.(They have some prayer chains going down there). I asked is it for Cooper to be home with his young parents for the Holidays.
What Bernie said to me ( she visits Cooper and cares for his five year old brother), Just please pray 'for' Cooper to live.
So here I am fellow friends, Christians and Freepers. Please pray for a miracle for Cooper, his is in such dire straits, no human, let alone a little guy should be born with all the odds against him as this.
Also please pray for his Mom Holly, who is going through her doubts in God, to feel filled with God's love and know He will provide the best for this little boy.
Thank you ever so much and bless you and yours
Dear JustPiper,
I am adding Precious Baby COOPER to our Prayer Lists.
And will also keep in Prayer his Mommy, Daddy and Family.
Avinu Malkeinu Our Father Our King
We humbly come before Your Throne of Grace and Tender Mercies and Lift Up to You O LORD our GOD precious little COOPER and his Family.
LORD, COOPER Needs A MIRACLE from Your Nailed Scarred Hands!
Bring Your Healing Touch to his body, remove all pain and infection, give him the will to LIVE for You O LORD.
Send Your HOLY Angels from Your Throne Room to stand Watch over COOPER day and night.
Give Your Wisdom, Discernment and Compassion to ALL of COOPER'S Doctors, Nurses and Care Givers.
Help them to make Good decisions as how to best care for COOPER and all of his medical issues, and help them to understand that COOPER is Precious to ALL who Love him.
LORD, we also lift Up to You COOPER'S Mommy and Daddy.
Give to them YOUR Grace, Strength, Comfort and Love to withstand the enormous pressures and pain of facing this struggle.
Give to each Heart YOUR Unconditional LOVE and HOPE.
We Thank You LORD for the privilege of allowing us to come before to YOUR Throne of Grace and Tender Mercies on behalf of precious Baby COOPER and his Family.
You O LORD our GOD are Faithful and we know that YOU will do more than we could ever Hope for or ask.
To YOU there is Nothing that is impossible because YOUR LOVE NEVER FAILS!
For it is in THE NAME that is Above ALL Names that we Pray.
Amen ~ and ~ Amen.
Just want you to know that I am Praying for You, servant of the 9.
The only way for you to come to understand the Power of PRAYER is to direct You to the WORD of GOD.
The HOLY ONE of Israel - The LORD GOD ALMIGHTY said:
"If my people, who are called by my Name, will humble themselves and Pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from Heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place" (2 Chronicles 7:14-15).
Moses the servant of GOD said to the Israelites...
"What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way our GOD is near us whenever we Pray to Him?" (Deuteronomy 4:7).
Rabbi Sha'ul - The Apostle Paul wrote these words to us under the direction/inspiration of Ruach HaKodesh - The HOLY Spirit...
"Devote yourselves to Prayer, being watchful and thankful" (Colossians 4:2).
Also...
"Be Joyful always; Give Thanks in ALL circumstances for this is GOD'S will for you in Messiah Yeshua / Jesus The Christ" (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).
May The HOLY One of Israel touch Your Heart, open Your eyes and ears to HIS Truth, and give to You His Unconditional Love in The NAME that is Above ALL Names.
Amen ~ and ~ Amen.
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.
~ Bob Dylan
God bless and heal little Cooper.
Bless this young woman. It would have been so easy to do the "right thing" according to doctors. Instead she gave him a chance at life. Praying for Cooper and his family.
This is one of the most beautiful poems about a falcon that I have ever read. Hopkins, priest and poet, describes the falcon as an exemplar of Christ and the bird's descent and submission to the power of gravity (vide Christ's incarnation) as more beautiful and wonderful than his riding the wind in mastery.
The Windhover
Gerard Manley HopkinsTo Christ our Lord
I caught this morning morning's minion, kingdom
of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding
Of the rolling level underneath him steady air, and striding
High there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wing
In his ecstasy! then off, off forth on swing,
As a skate's heel sweeps smooth on a bow-bend: the hurl and gliding
Rebuffed the big wind. My heart in hiding
Stirred for a bird, -- the achieve of, the mastery of the thing!Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume, here
Buckle! AND the fire that breaks from thee then, a billion
Times told lovelier, more dangerous, o my chevalier!
No wonder of it: sheer plod makes plough down sillion
Shine, and blue-bleak embers, ah my dear,
Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermilion.
Still praying here!
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