February is national heart month, and this week is national congenital heart defect awareness week.
We are aware like never before the impact that CHD makes on children and their families. The uncertainties, the waiting for answers, the struggle to just live each day to its fullest without the constant nagging feelings of what ifs. And yet also the love, the joy, the spirit, the resilience, and the hope!
This precious girl has already brought so much "heart" into our lives! Her heart is special and unique, and I don't just mean her physical heart. She is a treasure beyond measure, one of a kind, created by our good, good Father!
"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." Psalm 139:14
As the details of heart surgery unfold, we are painfully aware that we are about to walk into something really hard and uncomfortable. Yet, we are also more keenly aware that our loving Father is in control. We know and trust that He will be with us each and every step of the way! We pray that God would use it to grow a deeper compassion in our hearts for others. And no matter what, we want to be able to say
"blessed be the name of the Lord!"
"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
