Friday, March 26, 2010
sarah beth's condition is worsening. she is still laboring to breathe, and continues to have apnea. but her pain seems to be under control, and her periods of agitation were minimal today. this is a blessing - it is difficult to see her experience any sort of discomfort. she slept today. to my knowledge, there were no times of wakefulness. we are continuing to pray, to sit with her and talk to her, touch her and comfort her. i think in doing all of these things we are also comforting ourselves to a degree. daily, we are hearing stories of how knowing of sarah's own story has made an impact on the lives of others - how God has drawn someone to Himself when that person was encouraged by sarah to seek the Lord. make no mistake, God does the work. but He invited sarah beth to work with Him, and she answered with a firm "YES." the fact that she is still working for God in her current state and from a hospice bed is proof of God's power. proof that what sarah has done for the Lord - what each of us does for the Lord - has effects that are far-reaching. results that will last for generations. it doesn't make all of this make sense but it does help to bring some realization of a reason for it. even though we may never know specifics about what that reason (or those reasons) might be. if you know God's character, remind yourself that, among so many other things, He is unchanging - the same God today that spoke the world into being - He is constant. He can be trusted. believed. held tightly to
from sarah beth, october 25, 2006"I'm not sure why God allows some of us to undergo such heartache. I don't know why some of us will experience things that some people will never experience in their lifetime. These past few weeks, I have really been wrestling with God...trying to figure out His mystery. Although I can not completely understand, I do know that I trust Him. I believe in Him. So, I continue to press on and fight...having faith and hope."
praying with you for sarah beth,
leigh ann
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