Hi all! I have a prayer request to share with you all. For those of you who don't know the story...Mallory, my oldest, was born with an injury to her arm. Basically she got stuck in the birth canal and the Dr. simply grabbed her head and yanked her out, resulting in nerve damage to her right arm. (It's called a brachial plexus injury.) We try not to focus on it, and so far she has not noticed that there is anything different between her and any other child. Mallory is very confident and very outgoing and it is crucial to me that she does not lose those defining factors about her personality. With that being said....we just learned yesterday that her doctor wants her to restart physical therapy on that arm. We were at the office for an unrelated problem and he noticed that the range of motion was not where it should be. This will be her third, no fourth round of therapy for this injury. I am so scared that she is old enough now to notice that things are a little different. How do I explain to a three year old that she is perfect the way she is? Maybe I focus too much on it, and maybe it will turn out to be no big deal for her, but as a mother I want her to see herself as I see her. Please pray for her that the Lord will continue to heal her in ways that I cannot even think of right now. He has already done so much for us in this situation. And please pray for her that she will have the strength to rise above this little obstacle as she grows older. And lastly please pray for me......that I will place the whole situation solely in our Father's hands and allow Him to guide my actions, my words and my thoughts regarding it. Thank you for listening to me vent. Have a blessed rest of the week!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Try reading Psalms 31:23, 139:14, 114:3 and set down with her and explain these scriptures to her. Along with God allowed this in her life for His reasons and we may not ever know what that reason is. But it is up to us to use it for God or it is up to us if we don't use it for HIM. Find something in all four of you, and in people close to her that is different and expound on how God makes us all different and no two people are the same and God chooses how to make us and that this is something special HE choose for her and her alone. Obviously all this on her level.
WE never wanted Nikki and Jesse to feel the pressures of being the PK(preachers kids) so Alan and I always tried to focus on the positive side of that for them. Explaining that their were many more blesses that they got to enjoy and be in on than on what they had to give up or did not get to do. We tried to always focus on the good things out of the situation in front of them.
I love you guys and I will pray for Mal and this situation. I am confident that her strong will will make it through intact God will see to that.
I will be praying for miss mallory. Love you!
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