THEN....got the mail.... and in it...was a letter from my friend Inger in Finland...
She had felt to go to a meeting and have prayer for Selah. She sent us a prayer cloth that had been prayed over ....we put it on Selah's head and prayed for her. All the little annoyances of the morning, just faded as we cried out to God, putting our prayers with the prayers of others,, far away, who cared enough about Selah to bring her name to the throne of God.
Selah was very calm when we prayed for her, then I wanted to take a picture with it on her, and she wasn't so sure about that:)
This just really touched Jon & me so very much. If you don't understand what a prayer cloth is, it is based on Acts 19 where people sent pieces of Paul's clothes to sick people and they were healed. My friend felt prompted by God to go to a service at her church. She wanted to take Selah with her, but of course we are far away. So she had this done and had many people lay hands on this cloth, and prayed for Selah. This was just precious, it will be something we keep. Thank you my friend! I tried to send you an email but couldn't find your exact email address. Thank you so much~you have have idea how touched we were by your obedience to the prompting of the spirit of God.
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The body of Christ is such a remarkable thing...so humbling and grateful to be part of it--so broad and far-reaching across time and space!!
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ReplyDeleteI started following your blog at the time of the accident. My interest was peaked as I went to college near Rochester and my hubby grew up in that area. I was at a homeschooling conference this weekend and talked to staff from the family Hope Center. I know a family whose daughter was helped through them. I have a son with Wolf hirschhorn syndrome so I was interested in what they do. You may want to check them out http://www.familyhopecenter.org/ I am sure they would talk to you over the phone to know if it was worth a trip. They are all about the brain and everything goes back to healing the brain. If you do come out - let me know as we are not far from there. Be sure and mention Selah is adopted as I know they have a discount for adopted families for at least the seminar they offer. Not sure if it will work for your family but I felt prompted to let you know about them.
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