29.10.10

Today I learned that

1. In this life I have to mentally and spiritually prepare myself to live without relying on man
2. I may be stripped of everything at anytime but I must know how to live without
3. I must learn to abound and be abased Phil 4.12
4. I must adapt to living with/without scorn; with or without support
5. I must learn to live with/without affection, attention or infliction; with/without companions or foes; with or without being loved or hated
6. One must learn to be without a single thing and yet have everything
7. After fasting not to act like a hopeless fanatic but to remember the Word of God, His promise and diligence for fasting is preparation for tomorrow Heb 5.14
8. Faith in God is always growing and I would be foolish to act like it has stayed the same with each situation or trial..each day I operate on a different level.
9. the devil is paying attention and will try to lie to me and tell me otherwise John 10.10 but I have to remind him that yesterday I defeated him and today will be the same and so will tomorrow because the God I serve is consistent even if nothing else is Mal 3.6
10. there is no tragedy without a testimony if I wait on the Lord Ps 27.14
11. I must pray and fast  to be prepared for tomorrow and to live today Matt 17.21
12. I am blessed Deut 11.26
13. He will never leave me nor forsake me Heb 13.5
14. I should pray for all children, take them to the Lord in prayer for the Kingdom of heaven surely belongs to them 
15. Remember Eternity.John 5.28
16. My prayers are of more value than my presence Phil 4.6. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 I can comfort you but God can do better than me, John 16.7 I can quieten you but God can restore peace to you John 14.27 . I can make you smile but God can impart His joy Neh 8.10. I can advise you but God gives wise counsel. Ps 25.4-9 Isaiah 48.17, John 14.26

RIP Alana and Zoe- yours is the Kingdom of Heaven

Newsboys: Running to you

I love this chorus

When everything is broken,
There’s a door wide open
You’ll find me running through
More than just emotion
My broken heart has chosen,
Jesus I’m running to You
I’m running to You

Miracles come in all packages!

This is a message to my family to keep the faith, faith as small as a mustard seed can move mountains...

Sonja Taylor

By Renee Roberson

On October 24, 2007, a miracle baby named Amillia Taylor turned 1 year old in Miami, Fla. The daughter of Sonja and Eddie Taylor, Amillia was born at 21 weeks weighing just a little over 9 ounces, and is the first baby known to survive after a gestation period of fewer than 23 weeks.

The Taylors' story begins with a struggle many couples face when trying to start a family – infertility. They conceived Amillia through in vitro fertilization, and there were complications from the beginning. Sonja Taylor was put on bed rest early on in the pregnancy, and was finally released after about four months. "After about two weeks I got dehydrated and went into premature labor," says Sonja Taylor. "I was put back on bed rest but lost my mucous plug." Taylor and her husband immediately headed to Baptist Children's Hospital in Kendall, Fla. The staff there sent her to get an ultrasound and told her they would have to deliver the baby as soon as possible. But Taylor's maternal instinct kicked in, and deep in her heart, she knew her baby would die if it were delivered at 18 weeks."I put my foot down and said, 'You are not delivering this baby right now,'" Taylor says. Although she was leaking amniotic fluid and was already dilated, Taylor refused to let her doctor deliver the baby. She stayed in the hospital, with her mother and husband keeping a constant vigil over here. When she started spiking a fever almost a week later, the doctors knew they had to act soon. They gave Taylor steroids to help develop the baby's lungs and prepared for an emergency C-section. "I was septic, and my uterus and cervix were both infected," Taylor says. "When they took her out, the whole room gasped. They were shocked because she was so small. She had one eye opened and was looking around."

Amillia Taylor was born weighing 9 ounces and measuring 9 1/2 inches long (about the length of an ink pen). Taylor says the neonatologist on staff didn't know what to do with Amillia because he had never seen a baby so small. She had one nurse assigned just to her.