quiverfull7
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My family needs your prayers please... and I need them so that I can focus on Nov and all the shows I need to attend to. I'm putting a letter here that I sent my family that will explain the prayer request. I'm also trying to write an annoucement for our church prayer chain that must be short and to the point and I'm struggling so if you have any suggestions... please share them!
Thanks in advance for any prayers you can offer. I'll add just a bit after this letter:
Life has it's joys and sorrows. Sometimes those joys and sorrows come in the same package. Bad choices and sinful decisions can change the course of our lives forever. Sin is a daily struggle for each one of us but there are those that can stay hidden from others eyes...and we can pretend that God may not be looking either and He usually doesn't swallow us with a fish as He did Jonah. Then there are those with consequences that in themselves are not sin... just the result of it ... and they do force that change. We say all this to ask for your prayers and support for our family because Kayla is 6 months pregnant. She has not been hiding it... she had her period every month... it was just less than normal for which she was thankful... not knowing the real reason. She's been trying hard to lose weight and couldn't trim her waist and finally realized that a night of bad decisions and drinking heavily had led to this. She's been embraced by the grace and love of our forgiving Savior. The father of this child more than likely will not be involved ... there is no relationship and she won't seek one. Kayla had many things to search out and many decisions to make but thankfully they don't all have to be made in one day. God will shine His light on her path for her to see each step. She is due mid February. So we pray and ask that you will pray that her sorrow will quickly turn to joy and we praise God as she walks as each one of us does... with the unbelievable robes of righteousness
given freely to each of us by Jesus. It won't be the easiest of roads ... but He doesn't promise us ease... He gives love and grace for each step. She's already experiencing that in the love extended by her family and friends and we know that includes each of you as well. So we'll joy in this new life, be reminded of the new mercies God extends every morning, learn from the sorrow and bask together in the light of His love! Our pastor shared this quote with us and it's too precious not to share:
Sometimes we forget this simple truth: the broken pieces of ourselves
are often our greatest teachers. It is from them that we learn our
strength. It is from them that we learn compassion, wisdom and
understanding, devotion, faith, and insight. It is from them that we
learn how to pray, how to cry, how to listen, how to reach out for help. It is from them that we learn how to strive for better, how to
emphasize and offer help. (author unknown)
We pray that we learn each of these and put them into practice every day for all those He places in our paths. We love you all and thank you for your prayers and support!
Sorry... this is getting long but I want to tell you that Kayla called last night and said that she was able to smile a few times so we praise God for that. She also had a message from the father that claimed it was impossible and her timing was incorrect and the doctors were all wrong. We are sure he's afraid he will be hit for financial support which I would love to do but I'd rather he was totally uninvolved for Kayla's sake. If any of you out there know if it's possible to legally make him sign away his parental rights at birth or how this works or anything PLEASE let me know. I want to protect Kayla from having him come back in a year or two and claim this precious child and demand custody or something even though right now he's denying everything.
Most of all ... I thank you for reading this far and hearing my heart and praying for us! There are prayer warriors and support people here at CS that I would not have made it through the last 6 days without! You know who you are... I praise God for you and for ALL of you!
Thanks in advance for any prayers you can offer. I'll add just a bit after this letter:
Life has it's joys and sorrows. Sometimes those joys and sorrows come in the same package. Bad choices and sinful decisions can change the course of our lives forever. Sin is a daily struggle for each one of us but there are those that can stay hidden from others eyes...and we can pretend that God may not be looking either and He usually doesn't swallow us with a fish as He did Jonah. Then there are those with consequences that in themselves are not sin... just the result of it ... and they do force that change. We say all this to ask for your prayers and support for our family because Kayla is 6 months pregnant. She has not been hiding it... she had her period every month... it was just less than normal for which she was thankful... not knowing the real reason. She's been trying hard to lose weight and couldn't trim her waist and finally realized that a night of bad decisions and drinking heavily had led to this. She's been embraced by the grace and love of our forgiving Savior. The father of this child more than likely will not be involved ... there is no relationship and she won't seek one. Kayla had many things to search out and many decisions to make but thankfully they don't all have to be made in one day. God will shine His light on her path for her to see each step. She is due mid February. So we pray and ask that you will pray that her sorrow will quickly turn to joy and we praise God as she walks as each one of us does... with the unbelievable robes of righteousness
given freely to each of us by Jesus. It won't be the easiest of roads ... but He doesn't promise us ease... He gives love and grace for each step. She's already experiencing that in the love extended by her family and friends and we know that includes each of you as well. So we'll joy in this new life, be reminded of the new mercies God extends every morning, learn from the sorrow and bask together in the light of His love! Our pastor shared this quote with us and it's too precious not to share:
Sometimes we forget this simple truth: the broken pieces of ourselves
are often our greatest teachers. It is from them that we learn our
strength. It is from them that we learn compassion, wisdom and
understanding, devotion, faith, and insight. It is from them that we
learn how to pray, how to cry, how to listen, how to reach out for help. It is from them that we learn how to strive for better, how to
emphasize and offer help. (author unknown)
We pray that we learn each of these and put them into practice every day for all those He places in our paths. We love you all and thank you for your prayers and support!
Sorry... this is getting long but I want to tell you that Kayla called last night and said that she was able to smile a few times so we praise God for that. She also had a message from the father that claimed it was impossible and her timing was incorrect and the doctors were all wrong. We are sure he's afraid he will be hit for financial support which I would love to do but I'd rather he was totally uninvolved for Kayla's sake. If any of you out there know if it's possible to legally make him sign away his parental rights at birth or how this works or anything PLEASE let me know. I want to protect Kayla from having him come back in a year or two and claim this precious child and demand custody or something even though right now he's denying everything.
Most of all ... I thank you for reading this far and hearing my heart and praying for us! There are prayer warriors and support people here at CS that I would not have made it through the last 6 days without! You know who you are... I praise God for you and for ALL of you!