It Is Well....With My Soul

Over the past few days I have been following 

a life changing event in the lives of another family.

I learned about this family's 

tragedy from Angie at Bring the Rain.

The mother, Joanne, suffered a stroke and 

subsequent seizures while at home.  Her 

daughter found her and got help.

Joanne is now in intensive care in a medically 

induced coma.  Her family is exhausted and 

praying for a miracle.  The swelling in her brain is 

severe and what they are asking us to pray for is

a miracle.  I am committed to pray with them.

Would You?

Toben, Joanne's husband is keeping people

up to date with Twitter and Joanne's blog.

Reading of this event and their struggle takes me

back to Warren's Dad's fall and brain injury.

As they discuss seeing the CT Scan results and 

the damage I flash back.

We loved Gene so very much....before his 

accident.  But the love God gave us for him

after this event was supernatural.    Admittedly

he was not my spouse...but we were very close.

And closer yet as we took up so much of his care.

I would not trade the hours, days, weeks and months

that God gave us with the "different" Gene...unless

it didn't have to happen at all.

But obviously it did.

And we know that God has used it for His purposes.

What we know after this is that God was never more

obvious in His workings.  The details that just came 

together....the things that others said couldn't happen.

My prayer for Joanne, Toben and their entire family 

is that when this trial is complete they can say....

It is well.

God was so present with us.

It is very well...with my soul!