Prayer request

This weekend my sister Wendy and her husband James came down to visit. We planned to have a girls night out with the four sisters to celebrate her pregnancy. Unfortunately, God had other plans and my sweet sister Wendy discovered she might have miscarried the baby. With all of the uncertainty looming over her head, she decided to go ahead and go to the emergency room to get an answer one way or the other. We were in the waiting room for nearly six hours, and when Wendy emerged we could tell instantly that the news was not good. I hurt for both of them and know they were disappointed about losing the baby they love so fiercely. So, as they begin their grieving and healing process, I humbly ask that you remember them in your prayers. Pray for healing of Wendy, pray for strength to get through this difficult period, and pray that God will show them the path that He would have them go from here.

From losing two of my own babies (1st pregnancy lost at 11 weeks and the triplet to #1 and #2 lost at 9 weeks), I know how heartbreaking it is to look at the screen of the ultrasound and see no little light blinking showing a heartbeat. It is so frustrating when you feel that your own body has somehow failed your baby and is easy to slip into a guilt mindset that somehow the miscarriage is your fault. Please pray that Wendy will feel at peace that it was not her fault.

Although I'm sad that this terrible event happened, I'm thankful that we were able to be there to support her. We had all made arrangements for our husbands or sitters to keep our kids that night, so that was a blessing to not have to make last minute arrangements so we could be with her in the ER.

Below are the lyrics to one of my favorite songs called Held by Natalie Grant, who wrote about losing her own baby:

Held

Two months is too little.

They let him go.They had no sudden healing.

To think that providence would

Take a child from his mother while she prays

Is appalling.

Who told us we’d be rescued?

What has changed and why should we be saved from nightmares?

We’re asking why this happens

To us who have died to live?

It’s unfair.

Chorus:

This is what it means to be held.

How it feels when the sacred is torn from your life

And you survive.

This is what it is to be loved.

And to know that the promise was

When everything fell we’d be held.

This hand is bitterness.

We want to taste it, let the hatred NUMB our sorrow.

The wise hands opens slowly to lilies of the valley and tomorrow.

(Chorus)

This is what it means to be held.

How it feels when the sacred is torn from your life

And you survive.

This is what it is to be loved.

And to know that the promise was

When everything fell we’d be held.

Bridge:If hope is born of suffering.

If this is only the beginning.

Can we not wait for one hour watching for our Savior?

(Chorus)

This is what it means to be held.

How it feels when the sacred is torn from your life

And you survive.This is what it is to be loved.

And to know that the promise was

When everything fell we’d be held.