One Year Ago Today....

Hey Everybody...
I wanted to take just a minute to reflect on this day!  One year ago today, God showed us the work of his mighty power to save Parker during his open heart surgery.  It is so amazing to look down at him every single day and know that God performed a miracle in not only Parker that day, but our family and friends will be affected by it for the rest of our lives!  How wonderful it is to serve a God that is so powerful.  He says to all of us that... "The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy. The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works.” (Psalm 145:8). God showed us a lot that day.  He showed me His "Grace" and what the face of "Grace" truly looks like.  He graced us with all of the specialist's that were involved and every step of the way our checklist was taken care of.  His "compassion" for Parker was overwhelming...He never left his side and His "compassion" fell all over our family, and continues to do so today.  I have to confess that at first I was not "slow to anger"!  I went kicking and screaming at first....How could my God, the God that I have served so faithfully do this to me....why didn't He pick somebody else?  But little did I know at the time, God was teaching me patience in a whole new way! God's "mercies"....that is one that I can't even say enough about.  Like the song says "His mercies endure FOREVER"!  And "Forever" is HiS promise to all of us who believe!  He has been so "Good" to us.  You know when we were staying at the Ronald McDonald house we knew that it would be a huge blessing to have the opportunity to stay there for only $10.00 a day.  There were no other hotels close to the hospital and the Ronald McDonald house was in walking distance.  I prayed everyday that a room would come available! When we got to Charleston, I called them first to see if there was even a possibility of hope to stay there, and they said "I am so sorry...we are full, but we will call you when we have an opening".  Of course I was upset...given the situation we didn't need anything else to worry about...and not two hours later....the phone rang....and they had a room!  Talk about "Good"!  That is nothing but God's goodness!  The end of the verse reads...."and His tender mercies are over all His works!"....I love that word... "Tender"!  God is such a tender God isn't He?  I was so upset with him for a while about all of Parker's health issues.  I didn't understand why God had chosen me to be the mother of a little boy named Parker with so many obstacles, that by the time he was a year old I would have almost lost him twice!  The burden and worry that comes with being his mother is not a burden that I would ever be willing to give up.  If God would have let me look into the future over a year ago to see what path he was taking me with Parker....I would do it all over again.  Not a day goes by that I am not thankful for the brokenness that he has put us through...because it has made me a stronger christian!  We aren't out of the woods yet...we have an 8 hour EEG at the hospital in the morning to see if we can capture the silent seizures again.  So please pray that something will show up this time so we can get a handle on these starring spells Parker is having.  But I am quick to say now that my God is already there....and knows what lies ahead....and for me....that's all I need to know!  I love you all dearly and still can not say enough about your constant support and prayers for our little boy.  I will upload some pics tomorrow of our little "mummy"!
Love In Christ
The Crafts