Prayer...

I wanted to ask each of you reading this blog to please keep my best friend Missy and her family in your prayers. As some of you know their little girl Bella has been having multiple tests done to figure out the cause of irregularity in one of her pupils. Praise God most of the scans and tests have come back normal, but they still aren't out of the woods. She has a 24hr observation at the hospital on Tuesday to do. They will have wires and cameras on her all day to monitor brain activity and her activity level for the day. I can't imagine how hard that is going to be for a 20mo old. So pray for little Bella not to be scared and for her little body to do what it needs to inorder for the doctors to figure out what is going on with little eye.

Missy and Bailey are hanging in there. They are scared, of course, but everytime I talk to them there is an incredible peace in their voices. That would be testiment to their incredible faith that God has this situation in control. I am totally blown away, especially with Missy being pregnant, that they can keep their cool!! However, that said, please pray that they continue to have this peace and that God will provide financially for them. They have great insurance, but 20% of 2 neuro specialists, 1 brain scan, 1 EEG, 1 24 hr stay in a hospital, gas to and from Charlotte(45min from their house) and food adds up quick. Missy has made the decision to be a stay-at-home mom which is an incredible decision but one that comes with major finanical sacrifices. Please keep this in your prayers

Some of you reading this may ask yourselves "why pray? Hasn't God already made up his mind on this?" Maybe so. However, prayer wasn't given to us as a way to change God's mind. It is a way that we can commune with God and ask for His comfort, His love and His peace to be with us and/or those that we love during times we don't understand. So, yes, please pray. It isn't here to change God. Prayer is here to change us!!

Missy, Bailey, and of course little Bella, our prayers are with you!