I begged God to not
let it happen. Every day and all through
the day since we first learned Sawyer was on the path to kidney
transplantation, I prayed fervently to the Lord asking for His intervention and
healing for my boy so he would not have to go through the surgery.
The night before
surgery was particularly hard as feelings of desperation took over. In tears and prostrate on the bathroom floor,
I cried out to God asking him to spare Karen and Sawyer from what would take
place within hours. I would do anything
short of dishonoring Him to spare them.
However, the reality was setting in that there was nothing more to do
except to continue trusting God in this dark place.
Today is the one
year anniversary of Sawyer's kidney transplant…. New Life Day! Although my prayers were not answered the way
I wanted, there is no doubt that God heard our cries. He has watched over us and He has helped
us.
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| Getting another bucket of love from CHKD today |
This posting could
become a book if we shared all the times we have recognized His intervention in
our lives since this journey began. No
book writing today, but I will say that God, on most occasions, has revealed Himself to us through the love,
kindness, mercy, provision and support of others.
Karen and I have
been blown away by God working through the hearts of so many people… family,
friends and even people we have never met.
They have fed us, cleaned our home, sent hundreds of cards and letters,
worked in our yard (please come again soon), cried with us, helped us to make
decisions, prayed for us and with us and even encouraged thousands (literally)
of others across the world to pray, given many gifts including financial gifts,
cared for our children… this list could go on and on. We even had over a dozen people offer to
donate their kidney to Sawyer.
As much as I tried
to pray us out of suffering, God in His infinite wisdom allowed it to happen,
but He did not abandon us in it. We
cried out to Him and He answered.
Sawyer has a long
road ahead as we navigate through his undiagnosed genetic syndrome. However, we are grateful to reach this mile
marker today. Thank you for standing
with us and we cherish your prayers.
where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the Lord,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
Psalm 121:1-2
4 comments:
wow. very cool. happy "new life day," Sawyer!!!!
Bautiful testimony, Toby. Celebrating with you on God's provision, despite the unwanted journey. Love you and your precious family!
Joan/Jan
Yay!! Happy New Life Day!!! Thanks for sharing your heart! God is good!
I'm sure you've seen this verse, but i literally have been reading it everyday and thought I'd share. I was recently hospitalized with severe pneumonia. And although it was no where near as severe as what your family endured, it was scary and painful and worse of all I had a major reaction to something they gave me and I was having massive panic attacks. My mother-in-law had me read this, and I literally read it over and over until the meds were out of my system 2 days later.
Jeremiah 29: 11-14
New International Version (NIV)
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity.[b] I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”
p.s. my cub scouts are always asking about Sawyer. I'm sure you've gotten a TON of stuff, but they sent a box full of toys, bubbles, art supplies and hand made cards for him this summer. I brought it all the way form IN when we came back to visit family and had a friend hand deliver to CPC :)
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