In my mind's eye...

I woke up about an hour ago to give Noah what our friends the Cobbs refer to as a "dream feed."  He can't have anything except clear liquids after midnight and I wanted him to have one last meal before that.  He hardly woke up and fell back asleep readily... but I am keeping watch a little longer to make sure he keeps it down.

While I was lying with him on the sofa, I began to pray for his little digestive system to keep the food that Noah had just eaten.  God blessed me with two powerful images that I thought I would share to encourage those who are walking with us on this journey.

Image #1

Noah's condition, leukodystrophy, essentially causes holes in the white matter of his brain.  We suspect that some of his feeding issues are a result of a breakdown in his central nervous system's ability to coordinate his digestive system.  As I prayed against him throwing up, I had an image of the Holy Spirit filling all the little holes in Noah's brain and making it whole again!  God knows Noah's brain so perfectly that I trust He can make it work if He chooses... 

Image #2

Have you seen the Verizon cell phone ads with the "Can you hear me now?" guy?  They show a Verizon cell phone user followed around by a huge group of people representing the network of service that you get with your contract.   As I snuggled with Noah on the couch, I thought about the amazing number of people across the country and even the world who are praying for our little boy.  The image came to mind of Noah with me and Josh standing behind him... then behind us was a huge crowd of people representing our "network" of those lifting us up in prayer.  Seems a little cheesy when I write it out, but it was a powerful reminder to me of God's faithfulness in raising up the body of Christ to intercede on Noah's behalf.  How humbling.