My son talked to Elijah's daddy tonight, Elijah is still very sick, but is hanging in there. This may seem off the wall to some of you, but last night as I was praying for Elijah an old hymn came to mind and I just prayed it for Elijah and also for Ray.
"Moment by Moment"
1. Dying with Jesus, by death reckoned mine;
Living with Jesus, a new life divine;
Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine,
Moment by moment, O Lord, I am Thine.
* Refrain:
Moment by moment I’m kept in His love;
Moment by moment I’ve life from above;
Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine;
Moment by moment, O Lord, I am Thine.
2. Never a trial that He is not there,
Never a burden that He doth not bear,
Never a sorrow that He doth not share,
Moment by moment, I’m under His care.
3. Never a heartache, and never a groan,
Never a teardrop, and never a moan;
Never a danger but there on the throne,
Moment by moment He thinks of His own.
4. Never a weakness that He doth not feel,
Never a sickness that He cannot heal;
Moment by moment, in woe or in weal,
Jesus my Savior abides with me still.I prayed that hymn over Elijah and over Ray most of the night last night. I asked God to keep them up moment by moment and with each breath God would get glory. Elijah has a few more days until his stem cells will graft and begin to make the white blood cells he so desperately needs to fight off infection.
You see this is what happened to poor little Hannah Grace. She fought off infection after infection while her stem cells were grafting. Then the hospital made mistakes with some of her meds and with her blood, so she had such a battle! Thank God that part is behind her now! She may have some permanent liver or kidney damage from the chemo, but that remains to be seen I'm just believing that God is healing her completely! Elijah's parents know that he faces the same thing Hannah Grace went through and that's why his daddy said no more! Some of the things they did at the hospital for Hannah Grace were the right things without them even knowing it they found out something she had was helped by the plasma replacement they did that before they found the cause of her problem. It's all too complicated for me to relate here. It's all on her caringbridge page. When I went back over some of the posts her parents did, her recovery to this point is absolutely a miracle no other word for it!
We have to let God have our lives moment by moment because that's all we have is this moment...
I will pass along any updates on Elijah that I get! Please pray with me for Elijah and for Ray that God will be in complete control "moment by moment"
Kathy