Today was a quiet day, and I had to spend most of it away from the hospital since I have developed a sore throat and headache. I cannot risk Talia getting anything to add to her difficulties.
Jan is fine and so was able to spend some time this evening cuddling little Talia, which is great (no photos, however).
We had a meeting with some 7 of the doctors and nurses today to discuss moving forward as they are pleased Talia is stable and now want to start her down a path of improvement. Her food (milk) intake is being increased to 4ml every 3 hours and will continue to increase, since she is handling this well. Hopefully she will feed directly in the near future, since this is important to Jan.
The doctors have explained everything very well and we know that in the next couple of weeks, her heart condition will begin to be revealed and this is expected to take us to a point of having to make some difficult decisions. We are praying that God will intervene before we get to this point.
It has been a hard day with various criticism coming to us regarding our stance for healing. This adds to the challenge of applying our faith tremendously and I find it difficult to accept (in general, not just for Talia) that God wants us to pray for His will to be done and learn to accept the consequences.
Of course, I am reminded that Jesus prayed at Gethsemane prayed "yet not My will but Yours be done", but this was actually spoken with complete understanding of His Father's will and Jesus knew He had a choice - He could choose not to go through with the Cross, or He could do what He knew He was born to achieve in bringing eternal life and salvation to every man, woman and child.
When it comes to praying persistently, the bible is so clear that we have been given the mind of Christ and the authority to bring God's Kingdom to earth. Jesus made many references to persistence as being a good thing which would move God when applied in prayer.
Until God directs me otherwise, we will continue to persist for Talia's healing. I ask that each of you draw upon the reserves of faith which I know God has given you and stay with us on this journey, since this will change you in the process.
Thank you all for the amazing comments and support - it means so much to us!
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Dear Jan & Jeremy,
ReplyDeleteI believe in God's Word that states full healing is in God's Hands & that we as Christians are given permission to CLAIM in God's Name & Christ's Authority full healing & make petitions know to God through Christ himself. A friends recently said to me " do you think
Lazarus had a choice in being raised?". That made me think... God our Almighty decides to heal & transform & the Why is for God to know- & in Trusting God during our times of joy amongst shadows can be & from
my personal life journey is excruciatingly hard at times & that's when scripture is our shield against the enemy's lies.
I pray continually for you all that your darling daughter you wEnt through so
much to meet & hold in your arms will be fully healed - that the xtra chromosome in some orvall of herblittle fells that God in his infinite wisdom will remove do Talia will be fully healed & I pray for your time as a family to be filled with joyous moments to cherish each & every day, Blessings, luv Cedar Warren
Hi Jan & Jeremy, my name is Cathie Nowak and I am a friend of Alison's. I would like to assure you both of my prayers and those of others from St Matthews Panton Hill; we have been praying for you during the pregnancy, and are continuing to pray for you both and precious little Talia. What a tumultous journey for the 3 of you, I pray today that you will both get adequate rest, that God will heal and protect you from illness, and that Talia's condition will continue to stabilise. May you know God's sustaining presence every second of the day (and the long nights!), and may he grant you a deep and tangible sense of peace, serenity and his love for the 3 of you. Much love, Cathie
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