Sunday, August 21, 2011

A Leap Of Faith

Having children is an amazing adventure and a complete trusting in God that He will take care of them protecting them in sickness and in health. This past week we had a scare with Marcus being in the hospital.
He has been having breathing problems while he sleeps at night since he was 4 months old. They've tested him for allergies yet all the tests came back negative. They didn't know what was wrong with him. Then last Sunday the problem peaked about 11:30pm with him struggling to breath and his chest contracting a lot...we woke him up to see if he was okay and he seemed fine while he was awake then we went to bed and was woken up close to 1:30am with him struggling to breath so Tommy and I decided it was time to head to the ER to make sure our baby was okay. The doctors for a few days monitored him through out the night and the pediatric surgeon was called in to do a bronchoscopy (an exploratory to see inside the airways) to make sure there is nothing blocking his airway while he slept since he was always fine while he was awake.
On Wednesday morning the procedure was done, come to find out that he just has a weak airway that causes him to snore while sleeping but is not life threatening and he will grow out of it.
The amazing part of the whole thing is that God gave us the peace through the whole process and had Marcus in His hands the whole time. He is so good and faithful.
We clung to this passage in the Bible this past week and I like how it is written in the
amplified Bible

James 1:2-4

Amplified Bible (AMP)

2Consider it wholly joyful, my brethren, whenever you are enveloped in or encounter trials of any sort or fall into various temptations.

3Be assured and understand that the trial and proving of your faith bring out endurance and steadfastness and patience.

4But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be [people] perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing.

Our faith can only grow stronger and we can only become more mature in our walk with the Lord when we put our trust in Him and our children in His hands.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT. GOD IS SO FAITHFUL AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL!!!