I've got such a heavy heart today. I really just want to plead with anyone I know, who knows Christ, to join me in prayer for the Cody Whittaker family. Cody and Maria and their two daughters are missionaries to Haiti. And right now they are making a journey that is every parent's nightmare.
Their little daughter Susanna is very sick. In fact if Jesus does not intervene, she will leave her little body soon to fly to Him. All through this journey, Cody has blogged and through his incredible writing I've felt as if he were explaining it all straight to me. And I've also seen Cody and Maria display unshakable faith, and all-surrendering love in the face of unbearable anguish.
In his blog he refers to this process as similar to the journey Abraham made in worship as he climbed Mt. Moriah to lay his son on the altar. So with all my heart I'm asking...visit their site, fervently pray, and hug your little ones close in their honor. Here is their story. Please click and read Cody's Blog.
Last night I joined my worship family from church in their front yard. We huddled around them by candle light and worshipped in song. As we did Cody and Maria wept and sobbed. Then Cody spoke. He boldly declared His love for God and their complete surrender to God's will. And we felt the Holy Spirit descend and minister to our collective grief.
There will be many days ahead where waves of grief will decimate our composure and crush our hearts. Cody and Maria, you will not grieve alone. Nor will you make that climb up Mt. Moriah alone. We are with you. We'll pray you through, in awe of Him and amazed by His power in you to stand. People of God... PRAY.
I have been following their blog and praying throughout the day. Their faith and complete trust in the Lord blows me away. How blessed we are to even be able to witness their faith in action. Praying that God will continue to comfort them in their time of grief.
Posted by: Primlane | 02/10/2011 at 03:28 PM
Lori, I have followed Cody's blog and shared it with my family of prayer warriors. My heart is so heavy for the Whitakers. I am praying for a miracle, for peace, and for God's glory to be revealed. I can't imagine anyone handling this situation with as much absolute faith and honesty as this family has. Lives and hearts have been and will be changed because of their obvious love for and trust in our Mighty God, and their unshakable faith in their darkest hour. I will continue to pray.
Posted by: Sheri Byers | 02/11/2011 at 05:32 AM
Lori,
If we can get together as a church family to lift up our faith let us know. We will try to get as many of us together as we can!!!
"LET US TRUST IN HIM IN ALL THINGS"
We will pray right now!!!
The Kagy Family
Posted by: Joy Kagy | 02/11/2011 at 08:32 AM
Lori, I am praying right now for this family. May God hold them in His healing Hands, cover them in the Shadow of His Wings! They have faced this season of suffering with a Godly willessness that ushers them face to face with AWE-GOD, where every heart need they have will be attended to as they fully face their God and He wipes away their tears. I am so thankful that God's Sovereign Will is played out in Kingdom purpose, with Omnipresent Redemption pacing itself before, during and after this life moment. I am grateful for God’s Infinite Love that forever leaves a Glory Glow upon the darkest places of our life path. Oh How I Thank God That His Sovereign Will and His Infinite Love go hand in hand, they are never apart from each other and this is what balances us, keeps us standing under burdens that seem way too heavy for our humanity to bear. Sometimes it is impossible to wrap our minds around the Sovereign Will of God and when that happens, when He gives no earthly understanding, His Infinite Love saturates our minds, hearts, will, soul and spirit and it is simply-significantly enough. I pray for the Whitaker Family, may Father God wrap them in His Arms of Infinite Love, may they cling harder and dig their roots deeply in this love as they walk-grow through the perfect Sovereign Will of God, knowing that in the horrific pain, there lies within a Kingdom Purpose that leaves its Godly legacy here on earth with heavenly hindsight; and a fulfilled Kingdom purpose that will be seen again in the Glory Glow of their Crowns in heaven. AWE-GOD! I pray for a miracle of His Provision, the ALL of our GREAT God to consume this family. AMEN!
Posted by: Kimbery McCarthy | 02/11/2011 at 08:50 AM
Little Susana met Jesus this morning. Please continue to pray for this precious family.
Posted by: Lori frank | 02/11/2011 at 09:29 AM