Intercessory Prayer

I've wanted many times over the last week to blog about several different things. However, the power cord on the computer died again, and then there was the overwhelming struggles that family friends were experiencing.

Some of you may have heard Jason & Katie Rowe's story. Katie had to have an emergency c-section on Tuesday to deliver their baby girl, Reese Catherine. However, this was not a story with a fair tale ending. They welcomed Baby Reese into their arms and lives on Tuesday, August 11th, and quietly held her as she went back into Jesus' arms on Thursday, August 13th. The sadness and the pain surrounding this story has consumed me over the last week. I found myself up most of the night last Tuesday, and all I could do was pray for Jason and Katie. I can't begin to imagine what it must be like to go home from the hospital empty handed. I can't imagine feeling a little one grow and develop and kick you one minute and be so helpless the next.

As I've read posts on Katie's blog, seen pictures, heard stories and read posts on Facebook, I have realized what a testimony she and Jason and their entire families have been to the world. This little life was here for only a minute, but look at the impact! What if someone comes to Jesus through all of this? It seems like such a "church" answer, but it is a very real and definite possibility.

This ordeal has also reminded me of the miscarriage I had 4 years ago this week. It took me a while to remember how long it had been. I also miscarried the following May. I know it's not the same as losing a child that you can visibly see and that isn't the same as even losing one in utero who has developed and been seen on ultrasound. However, we lost those babies. I have two angels who I believe are in heaven. I named the first one Gabriel. I don't think that I have shared with any one that I did that. At the time though, it was my way of letting go. Although I don't know if the baby was a girl or a boy, I believe that it was a he, my angel. I know I may be surprised when I get to heaven and she wasn't a he. :) I tend to forget that we had that loss, but I was reminded each time I completed paperwork with Mollie and Annie. I remember after having Mollie this sense came over me (I know it was the Lord) that if I hadn't gone through all of that I wouldn't have had Mollie. It somehow made it all easier.

So, please pray with me for Jason and Katie and their little boy Zach as well as their families. I told the Lord this morning that I didn't know how to pray but I knew that He knew just what they needed. What a mighty and awesome God we serve!