Dear Prayer Warriors,
I realize this may not be news to you but be affirmed in your
faith because our gracious God has plans for Anna. She is the recipient of
answered prayer, the receiver of miracles, and so loved by our Perfect Heavenly
Father. God has granted us many days of Anna flourishing, she has been healthy
for nearly 2 months. Anna hasn’t needed to utilize her strength or personality to
fight off afflictions. She is able to concentrate on things that promote growth
and ability. Even her surgery a month ago was swiftly recovered from reaping
benefits instantly, praise God. Anna has been sleeping through the night for
nearly 10 days.
In Physical Therapy, Anna’s been propelling herself in her
crawling device several times each week. She hasn’t even fussed about getting
in it. Anna has been taking independent steps in her walking device too. She
spent all of Christmas eve dinner in her stander pleasantly occupied. How
awesome is all of this?
Anna shows so much promise with her assistive communication
device. Honestly it’s a struggle to get everything set up so we don’t do it
enough, but Lord willing we will grow a language of communication that flourishes
Anna’s personality and choices more. I can’t wait.
I was holding Anna during nap time a couple of days ago praising
God with her and realizing just how well things have been going. What a fresh,
clearing mindset this was. It made the “eyes of my heart” fixate once again on
Jesus. I wasn’t caught up praying specifically for Anna’s situation like an
open airway, or the removal of a virus, or anything other specific affliction. I
was praying with broad brush strokes based on the Characteristics of God, on
what Jesus did. As I held Anna’s stubborn left arm attempting to straighten it,
the Spirit reminded me of that man with the shriveled hand in the synagogue on
the Sabbath. “Stretch out your hand!” is all Jesus said to that man.
In this day and age talk is cheap, but God’s talk is the
opposite. Stuff happens as He speaks, that man’s hand was healed at His word. I
asked the Lord to give Anna that same command, “Stretch out your hand Anna!” What
wonder and awe filled me as I placed the possibility of this at God’s feet in
prayer. I didn’t stop there, I prayed for Jesus to command her legs to walk,
her eyes to see, her lips to speak, and her mind to have no damage. It was a
joy to be able to ask for these things again.
May Anna continue to draw people to the Lord by her quiet witness
and through her intercessional needs. What a gracious blessing it is to be the
father of a girl who causes me to direct my thoughts to the Lord when I am with
her. There is wholeness and healing for all the burdened, the afflicted, and the
heavy hearted in the tender hands of Jesus.
Christ came for you!
Merry Christmas,
The Currats
