Urgent, Please Pray.

Will you join me in prayer?

"The prayers of the righteous man are powerful and effective." James 5:16

My friends from college, Brooke and Brandon are expecting their first son to be born any moment now. He will be born, but only dwell among his earthly parents for a short time and go to be with his heavenly Father for eternity. His name is Briar Allen.

Please prayer for little Briar, who was created in the womb with a fatal defect that prevents him to have sustaining life outside of his mothers womb. God knit him together, joyfully and perfectly (Psalm 139) in Brookes womb with this and for His glory. Although it is hard to understand, "the secret things belong to the Lord" (Deut. 29:29), we wait and hope in the Lord.

To read more about my friends story please click here, or even here, on Brooke's blog. Prepare to be inspired, her love for the Lord in the midst of this grave pain is very admirable.

Even now, as my dear friends are clinging to Christ, their Savior in the hospital for the coming of their precious son...please be praying for them as they prepare to say hello and goodbye. Please pray for peace and comfort, which is only found in Christ. Pray for Brooke during delievery and baby Briar. Pray for a sweet time to for Brooke and Brandon with their son.

These verses has been my comfort as the Lord has continued to burden my heart for Brooke, Brandon and little Briar. Please be in prayer for this family.

"3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you, 5who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls."

1 Peter 1:3-9