Dear Saint Monica, I ask you now for your assistance in the healing of Baby Dominic. I do not know this child nor do I think that I will ever meet him but he needs your intercession for healing. Please Saint Monica I implor you as a Mother, add your prayers to mine so Baby Dominic will experience the miracle he needs. Thank you with all my heart. Amen
It just came to my attention last night that a man with whom my husband works with has a 1 week old grandson with a rare skin disorder that causes a great deal of pain and suffering. His skin is so fragil that his body has to be kept wrapped so that it won't rub up against anything and cause an open wound. This effects the mouth and esophagus as well so that the child can not eat anything that is not liquid or soft and mushy. He will not outgrow this condition and could possibly die from it. I have been thinking about the suffering the parents are going through as well watching their child go through this and not be able to protect him. As a parent we try so hard to protect our children sometimes even when we should stop because they are too old for our protection but we do it because we are parents and we love them. I learned a long time ago that once my children were teenagers they were also out of my reach and I had to rely on the training and upbringing, what I had done right and what I had done wrong it was a scarey time. They for their part told me that they were making their own decisions and it had nothing to do with me. The experts were wrong about so many things. My children were and are good people and that guides their decisions more than anything. They make choices that I may not agree with or feel that it is the right thing to do, but I have come to accept the fact that, that is the way it is and I have no control over them. As a mother I am concerned but not worried. I discovered that worry did nothing but make me sick and miserable, and who needs that. I put it in God's hands and choose to pray for them rather than worry about them and it seems to go much better for the both of us. When my husband gets upset because I am not in control I just tell him that is the way things are and leave it at that. Now in the case of Baby Dominic his parents won't even have the luxury of being in a littl control because the disorder will control everyone. I can not imagen what it will be like for them to see him cry and know they can't even make it better. They will spend his life time just trying to make him comfortable.
Dad said that this morning when he was praying for the baby that he felt as if he was having a heart attack it hit him in his chest and spread up to his shoulders. He said he knew it wasn't because he felt the presence of Jesus so strong and it was coming from the healing cross that he wears around his neck. He told me that he felt he needed to go to the hosital and pray directly for the baby or over the baby if it was possible. I just felt a calming peace come over me while he was telling me his story. I believe him when he tells me things like this because he is a holy man and he feels so close to the Lord. I know he has the Spirit in him because once during a prayer meeting in the 70's he spoke in tongues. He doesn't remember but it is something I will not forget. Then as I was driving to my friends house I saw a church bill board that said "Some things have to be believed before they are seen." I felt like that was an answer to my prayer it just hit me that way. Then I felt calm and peaceful and very tired because it was such an emotional drain.
I left these thoughts for the time being because I did not have the emotional strength to finish them. At this time the baby is home and the parents are taking care of him the best that they can. I know that my prayer and the the prayers of others will be answered and over time the baby will get better. I believe it with my whole heart. So all I can say is Thank you Lord Jesus, Thank You.
So ends this thought.
It just came to my attention last night that a man with whom my husband works with has a 1 week old grandson with a rare skin disorder that causes a great deal of pain and suffering. His skin is so fragil that his body has to be kept wrapped so that it won't rub up against anything and cause an open wound. This effects the mouth and esophagus as well so that the child can not eat anything that is not liquid or soft and mushy. He will not outgrow this condition and could possibly die from it. I have been thinking about the suffering the parents are going through as well watching their child go through this and not be able to protect him. As a parent we try so hard to protect our children sometimes even when we should stop because they are too old for our protection but we do it because we are parents and we love them. I learned a long time ago that once my children were teenagers they were also out of my reach and I had to rely on the training and upbringing, what I had done right and what I had done wrong it was a scarey time. They for their part told me that they were making their own decisions and it had nothing to do with me. The experts were wrong about so many things. My children were and are good people and that guides their decisions more than anything. They make choices that I may not agree with or feel that it is the right thing to do, but I have come to accept the fact that, that is the way it is and I have no control over them. As a mother I am concerned but not worried. I discovered that worry did nothing but make me sick and miserable, and who needs that. I put it in God's hands and choose to pray for them rather than worry about them and it seems to go much better for the both of us. When my husband gets upset because I am not in control I just tell him that is the way things are and leave it at that. Now in the case of Baby Dominic his parents won't even have the luxury of being in a littl control because the disorder will control everyone. I can not imagen what it will be like for them to see him cry and know they can't even make it better. They will spend his life time just trying to make him comfortable.
Dad said that this morning when he was praying for the baby that he felt as if he was having a heart attack it hit him in his chest and spread up to his shoulders. He said he knew it wasn't because he felt the presence of Jesus so strong and it was coming from the healing cross that he wears around his neck. He told me that he felt he needed to go to the hosital and pray directly for the baby or over the baby if it was possible. I just felt a calming peace come over me while he was telling me his story. I believe him when he tells me things like this because he is a holy man and he feels so close to the Lord. I know he has the Spirit in him because once during a prayer meeting in the 70's he spoke in tongues. He doesn't remember but it is something I will not forget. Then as I was driving to my friends house I saw a church bill board that said "Some things have to be believed before they are seen." I felt like that was an answer to my prayer it just hit me that way. Then I felt calm and peaceful and very tired because it was such an emotional drain.
I left these thoughts for the time being because I did not have the emotional strength to finish them. At this time the baby is home and the parents are taking care of him the best that they can. I know that my prayer and the the prayers of others will be answered and over time the baby will get better. I believe it with my whole heart. So all I can say is Thank you Lord Jesus, Thank You.
So ends this thought.
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