July 14th
Stella
Update: doctors made rounds yesterday and decided to try to wean her to the
kind of oxygen she will have at home. This can take some time so we are still
looking at 5-7 days from what I understand at the earliest. She also is on a 4 hour
feeding schedule now and doing well. Dan and Jenny Walter dropped by for a visit and nurse Tammy dressed Stella up
all cute for her guests. Keep praying for our sweet girl and her progress. We
love you all and we are so thankful for the support that has been shown for
Stella.
I
take things for granted. As I watch sweet Stella tonight and listen to her
monitors, I'm reminded about the simple things in life we take for granted.
When Stella sleeps, she has difficulty regulating the oxygen in her blood. She
almost forgets to breath at times. The Bible talks about how God is like the
air we breath. Job 33:4 says, "The Spirit of God has made me; the breath
of the Almighty gives me life." Psalms
150:6 says, "Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the
Lord." With His breath He made everything and with our breath we are
commanded to praise Him. But sometimes when life gets going and we are trying
to keep up, we forget to breath. Just like Stella, we forget to take deep
breaths. We forget to commune with our Heavenly Father who puts all things into
motion. We forget to praise Him for His goodness and mercy. For with our breath
we acknowledge His sovereignty and strength. When we speak our weaknesses to
Him, He makes us strong. When He speaks, our lives are given purpose and our
souls are filled with gifts and talents that only He can be given the glory
for. He takes the orphan and calls Him son and takes the retched and makes them
remarkable. By His breath, life is given! But we take His breath for granted
and we forget to praise Him with every breath we've been given. When I watch my
sweet Stella breath, I want to always be reminded of God and His goodness. I
can't help but praise Him every time I look at her. Praise Him is what I was
created to do and when I praise Him, He makes me a better mother, wife, and a better
person. Through our praise, He breaths life back into us and strengthens us to
face each day. Praising God makes His creation feel complete and a peace washes
over the soul that overcomes all the fear, doubt, and disappointment that life
can bring. Praising God is how we face the hard times. Through our praise He
transforms us and our crazy life starts to make sense again. I'm reminded
tonight, praise brings us peace and I won't take that for granted anymore.
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