Happy 6th Birthday Joe!
6 years ago today was a very scary day... It started off just about like today did. We were all doing a normal school day, until Mommy started feeling very uncomfortable, to the point where she could barely move and asked Lydia to call 911(we were 9 or 10 at the time and completely freaking out as you can imagine). As most of you know, Mommy was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance (where the guy that was tending to her in the back kept telling the driver to go faster!) and airlifted to Seattle. Joe was born that day very prematurely as the result of Mommy having a Splenic Artery Aneurism. Daddy was away working in Seattle, so was able to rush to the hospital there. The doctor came out and told him it was very unlikely Mommy would live. Can you imagine what he must have felt like at that moment? We found out later that she literally had seconds… If the doctors had done the scan they wanted to do (but Mommy refused) she would not be here today. Here we are 6 years later with a perfectly healthy Joe and Mommy! Thank you Lord so much for both of them! We can't even imagine what life would be like without you both! We will never forget that day, and are so thankful to have such a reminder of God’s Omnipotence and the power of prayer. One thing I remember well that day, is when Kyle grabbed his Bible and started reading it to Lydia the quads and Timmy as we all sat there crying. It was Psalm 103:
1 Praise the Lord, my soul;
all that is within me, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the Lord, my soul,
and forget none of his benefits
3 who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
5 who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
all that is within me, praise his holy name.
2 Praise the Lord, my soul,
and forget none of his benefits
3 who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
5 who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The Lord works righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed.
and justice for all the oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses,
his deeds to the people of Israel:
8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
9 He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
his deeds to the people of Israel:
8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
9 He will not always accuse,
nor will he harbor his anger forever;
10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve
or repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
13 As a father has compassion on his
children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
14 for he knows how we are formed,
he remembers that we are dust.
15 The life of mortals is like grass,
they flourish like a flower of the field;
16 the wind blows over it and it is gone,
and its place remembers it no more.
17 But from everlasting to everlasting
the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children’s children—
18 with those who keep his covenant
and remember to obey his precepts.
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
14 for he knows how we are formed,
he remembers that we are dust.
15 The life of mortals is like grass,
they flourish like a flower of the field;
16 the wind blows over it and it is gone,
and its place remembers it no more.
17 But from everlasting to everlasting
the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children’s children—
18 with those who keep his covenant
and remember to obey his precepts.
19 The Lord has established his throne in heaven,
and his kingdom rules over all.
and his kingdom rules over all.
20 Praise the Lord, you his angels,
you mighty ones who do his bidding,
who obey his word.
21 Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts,
you his servants who do his will.
22 Praise the Lord, all his works
everywhere in his dominion.
you mighty ones who do his bidding,
who obey his word.
21 Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts,
you his servants who do his will.
22 Praise the Lord, all his works
everywhere in his dominion.
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