Day 16 - July 1 - 55/100!

Just left Connor's bedside, where his numbers were 55% O2 and 100% saturation! Praise the Lord! I've decided I'm going to pray for 21% and stable sats at 100% for tomorrow!!!

The amazing thing about this, however, is that Joélle, Cherié and I went into his room and turned on one of Connor's favorite worship CDs. He plays this CD all the time, knows all the words, and can usually be found singing the words to the songs at nearly every hour of the day. We played the CD all the way through, and the four of us sang together in worship of our Lord. Connor mouthed the words with us, and we sang and sang and sang. We wept as we sang with our son these words - "Lord, I want to yearn for You, I want to burn with passion over You, and only You". We kept weeping as we sang all the verses of "How Firm a Foundation", especially the last three verses -

How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said—
To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?

“Fear not, I am with thee, oh, be not dismayed,
For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;
I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,
Upheld by My gracious, omnipotent hand.

“When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow;
For I will be with thee thy trouble to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.

“When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,
My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not harm thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine.

“The soul that on Jesus doth lean for repose,
I will not, I will not, desert to his foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no never, no never forsake.”

Thank you, Lord, for that half hour.