Day 275 - March 16 - Nine Months

Think of how many things can happen in nine months. You could complete a whole year of school. You could invade Normandy, storm across France, Belgium, and Holland, fight your way into Germany and be one month away from having Nazi Germany surrender. The Earth will travel roughly 485 million miles in its orbit around the Sun during those nine months. And of course, you ladies can conceive, carry and birth a human baby in that time. Amazing, isn't it?

Today marks nine months since Connor ran down that beach. Nine months of motionless anguish. Nine months of clinging desperately to what we believe to be true. Nine months of nearly constant feverish prayer. Nine months of wild extremes of emotion. Nine months that include some of the most despairing times, the most generous people, and the most spiritual growth any of us have ever experienced. Nine months of thinking maybe today is the day.

Is it really worthwhile to keep trying to keep our faith and hope? Is it worth it to continue to pray for something that many in this world would say cannot happen? Does God have a purpose in this at all?

Of course, y'all know the answers to these questions. So do I, even though I ask them many times daily. God is working something mighty through Connor's situation. We believe we're called to continue to pray, believing that we have received that which we ask for. We believe that God has grand plans for Connor, and that those plans include physical restoration. We continue to ask you to join with us in this.

Lord, I lift my son up to You. He is Yours, to do with as You will. I ask that You will hear the cries of Your people, and the cry of my heart, and stretch out Your strong right hand to touch Connor and restore him fully - full movement, full control, and full feeling. I ask this because I believe Your own words in Mark 11:24 - that I can ask with belief and You will answer. I ask this because I believe Your own words in Luke 18:1 - that You want me to pray and not give up; that You want and expect me to continue asking with faith until You respond. I ask this because of the words I know You spoke to me so many years ago regarding my son and his future. I ask this because of Who You are. So hear my plea, Father. Hear the prayers of all these saints you have raised up around us. Hear, and move. Show this world Your power. I ask this for Your glory, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

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