Day 5 - June 20 - Singing & Crying
I'm typing from a hotel room in Crystal City, Virginia, across the river from Washington, DC. The sky is brightening, the room is still... I pray that Connor and family are getting the rest they need.
I spoke with Eric about 6 hours ago. He was at Chili's waiting for his salad to show up. You know that when a male Williamson eats a salad intentionally that he must have had a long stretch of not-so-healthy food. Eric confirmed this.
Eric told me that he and Cherié earlier had seen Connor... sedated, intubated, feeding tube in his nose, sleeping. They decided to try and encourage him, even if he wouldn't be able to acknowledge them or remember it, so they began to sing their "song of the day", The Steadfast Love of the Lord Never Ceases.
Cherié's beautiful voice began filling the room and Eric began harmonizing. They sang the entire song which slows at the end as they sing "Great is Thy faithfulness, oh Lord, great is Thy faithfulness." As the song slowed, Connor's breathing tube began to vibrate to the pitch they were singing. Was he subconsciously trying to sing with them? Or was it just a fluke?
Eric went on to tell me that he's struggling with despair? He sees signs of hope, but a voice whispers "false hope" into his head.
He told me, "I want my boy back." And then he began to cry.
Pray for Eric & Cherié... that they would see the morsels of hope and savor them.
posted by Kent C. Williamson @ 4:07 AM
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Eric, Cherie, Joelle and family -
Not sure if something happened, but I woke sometime last night with an urge to pray. I'm a heavy sleeper, so God must have 'meant it' ;)
Another post reminded me of this song, which funnily enough I used to sing to my then-fiance, now wife in a time she was going through. For all of us who wish we could do more, take some of this burden, help you carry it, if not lift it entirely, this is the best thing we can do - Carry you to Jesus on our knees...
"Carry You to Jesus" - Stephen Curtis Chapman
I will not pretend to feel the pain you’re going through
I know I cannot comprehend the hurt you’ve known
And I used to think it mattered if I understood
But now I just don’t know
Well, I’ll admit sometimes I still wish I knew what to say
And I keep looking for a way to fix it all
But we know we’re at the mercy of God’s higher ways
And our ways are so small
But I will carry you to Jesus
He is everything you need
I will carry you to Jesus on my knees
It’s such a privilege for me to give this gift to you
All I’d ever hope you’d give me in return
Is to know that you’ll be there to do the same for me
When the tables turn
And if you need to cry go on and I, I will cry along with you, yeah
I’ve given you what I have but still I know the best thing I can do
Is just pray for you
I’ll carry you
I’ll take you to Jesus on my knees
I am crying and praying with you
- IL
May God sustain you and strengthen you as you "wait on the Lord"...our Help in time of need...our Helper the Maker of Heaven and Earth.
Your voices are rising to a Gracious and Merciful Savior...He is pleased with offering in song.
Bonnie in Fresno
I went to bed last night and woke up early this morning with two songs on my heart. The words of the songs kept running through my head over and over. The first song was "The Steadfast Love of the Lord Never Ceases." Coincidence? How great that God put the same song on our hearts.
The Steadfast love of the LORD never ceases.
His mercies never come to an end.
They are new every morning...
new every morning.
Great is thy faithfulness, O LORD.
Great is thy faithfulness.
The 2nd song was Psalm 5.
Give ear to my words, O LORD
Consider my meditations
Harken unto the voice of my cry
My KING and my GOD
For unto thee will I pray
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning
O, LORD, in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee and will look up.
Keep looking up, Eric, Cherie, Joelle and Connor. God hears your cries. He is faithful.
With love,
Jenann
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