Sunday January 20, 2013

 

What a great day! Once again Ella has been off the ventilator twice today, for four hours intervals. Her eyes are so full of life and hope and faith and love and promise and wonder. Look into her eyes. Do you see the possibilities. Do you see the purpose. Whether you see that or not what you don't see is despair, or hopelessness or death. Someone forgot to tell Ella she is supposed to be decreasing and not increasing. Someone forgot to tell our little warrior she is fighting a loosing battle. Someone forgot to tell Ariella that she has an incurable muscle disease that is supposed to cause her organs to fail. Instead Ariella is acting like she knows her name means 'lion of God'. She is living like someone who believes God is able. She is living like someone who knows prayer works. Look into her eyes, what do you see. Do you see yourself stronger, do you see yourself full of more faith and more hope. Do you see God in her eyes, becuase that's what I see everytime I look into those eyes. I see God's strength.

"...for now I am honored in the eyes of the Lord, and my God has become my strength." Isaiah 49:5