tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post1334151255209017323..comments2023-11-02T02:38:48.053-05:00Comments on keeping awake: carrying her home...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-54360561619970239992013-01-03T17:19:38.854-06:002013-01-03T17:19:38.854-06:00praying the Lord will wrap his arms around you and...praying the Lord will wrap his arms around you and bring peace and praying for precious angel, copeland. jennifer and will godwinRobfitjhttp://www.ais-dhaka.net:8088/groups/jessicapearson/wiki/20985/Health_care_bills.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-89152098203502404952007-09-27T18:56:00.000-05:002007-09-27T18:56:00.000-05:00Connor & Booth,I am amazed at your great faith and...Connor & Booth,<BR/>I am amazed at your great faith and your sharing has so touched my heart in a very personal way. I am sorry I didn't get to hold my own daughter before she went to be with Jesus. I am sure that the Lord is pleased with your choices and that you will rest in knowing you did the right thing in allowing this precious angel to visit you for a time. I can't imagine the difficulty in all of this for you, and I'm so glad God has held you up. Three doctors told me that I should terminate my baby that would never make it to term. No one ever counseled me otherwise. I wasn't strong enough to insist otherwise. I made a poor choice years ago, and then I had to live with that. I am finally free from that guilt by the grace of God, but I'll forever wonder how it could have been different. Your little Copeland will be greeted by my little Grace. They are complete and free to dance in heaven until we join them. I am praying for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-73172677608958962842007-09-24T13:38:00.000-05:002007-09-24T13:38:00.000-05:00I woke up at 4:30 and felt like I needed to pray f...I woke up at 4:30 and felt like I needed to pray for y'all. Our family has not stopped praying all day for you. We pray for Jesus to carry you all right now and to be your "peace that passes understanding". I can imagine you are weary and just pray for Jesus to hold you up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-77092714003284402032007-09-24T10:53:00.000-05:002007-09-24T10:53:00.000-05:00there are so many others who comment who are able ...there are so many others who comment who are able to find the right words so much better than I can.<BR/><BR/>Just know that you are all so very loved and covered in prayer.<BR/><BR/>The Father hears them all and He is doing a mighty work through each of you.<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>KarlaKarla Porter Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12852059935122763051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-59625776568946012322007-09-24T10:20:00.000-05:002007-09-24T10:20:00.000-05:00Last night in Community Group we all marveled at t...Last night in Community Group we all marveled at the example you have laid out for us of how to proclaim Christ even through immense suffering. In a time when many would be questioning Him, you are praising Him. You are amazing and point to an amazing God through your trials. You lean on Him, knowing everything is in His hands - thanking Him for the precious time you have with your sweet daughter while she is here on earth. Your strength, your weakness, your joy, your sorrow all laid out before family, friends, and strangers who all care for your family and pray diligently for you. And all of this glorifies God. I am sure you can see from all of the comments you receive, you have not only touched so many lives but changed many as well. I know I, for one, pray differently now. I understand "pray without ceasing" far better than I ever did. My six year old daughter is learning to pray. She has always been very liturgical with her prayers. They must be said the same way every night - no changing any part of it. Since she's begun praying for Copeland she has learned to pray specifically for changing needs. She has always been one that says bedtime prayers and that is all. Friday morning I found her in her closet and asked her what she was doing. She told me she was praying for baby Copeland. Our prayers go out for your family...without ceasing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-75946783959010737102007-09-24T10:07:00.000-05:002007-09-24T10:07:00.000-05:00We pray that God will continue to comfort each of ...We pray that God will continue to comfort each of you and that when Copeland's time does come that you will share in the great peace and perfection that fills her precious heart and body. That the same way she has been comforted through your faith, you will feel peace knowing she is with our Father in heaven. Praying...Jennie-Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661829494508318944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-45443056325359664392007-09-24T09:56:00.000-05:002007-09-24T09:56:00.000-05:00Ps. 34:18The Lord is close to the bokenhearted and...Ps. 34:18<BR/>The Lord is close to the bokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.<BR/>Ps. 147:3<BR/>He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.<BR/><BR/>Praying for you all on this day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-40652862738506282752007-09-24T09:51:00.000-05:002007-09-24T09:51:00.000-05:00Thank you for sharing Copeland's sweet little life...Thank you for sharing Copeland's sweet little life with us. I will be forever changed by the strength and faith that you have shown. I will continue to pray for you and your family. God bless.<BR/><BR/>Jami in CAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-84668854842260015582007-09-24T09:50:00.000-05:002007-09-24T09:50:00.000-05:00Your precious family is in our thoughts and prayer...Your precious family is in our thoughts and prayers constantly. May He be the lifter of your heads...and we pray you will continue to find your hope and comfort in Him.laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358653506945787006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-20464203553274379272007-09-24T09:47:00.000-05:002007-09-24T09:47:00.000-05:00I just said a prayer for your family. I am asking ...I just said a prayer for your family. I am asking that God give you relief in your pain, whatever that may be.<BR/><BR/>EmilyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-76726357907590918962007-09-24T09:42:00.000-05:002007-09-24T09:42:00.000-05:00Boothe and Conor,Your post this morning was so pow...Boothe and Conor,<BR/>Your post this morning was so powerful. What love, what wonderous love. God bless you and may He be merciful to you this day. One of Amy's songs comes to mind, "Somewhere Down The Road" "Why, why, why does it go this way? Somewhere down the road will be answers to the questions....and mighty arms reaching for you..." Praying for you all so much and that you will feel His mighty arms even now.<BR/><BR/>To Carol Nuismer...thank you for posting "The Cliff", these words spoke right to my heart: "We rest our questions in His Sovereignty. We are able to walk out life differently__whether those around us understand us or love us well...it no longer matters__and yet, we are able to love them better because we have rested in the arms of the One who is Love." Thank you, Carol. ~ReneeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-84831655821719874842007-09-24T09:40:00.000-05:002007-09-24T09:40:00.000-05:00I'm marveling at the courage, faith and peace that...I'm marveling at the courage, faith and peace that you are demonstrating to so many. I'm praying for you and thinking about you during this difficult time.<BR/><BR/>Jenny OldhamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-46130336550933655912007-09-24T09:39:00.000-05:002007-09-24T09:39:00.000-05:00It is so desparately painful to see precious, inno...It is so desparately painful to see precious, innocent Copeland suffering as a result of creation's travail from the fall --but we can find comfort in the fact that our Father God grieves along with us, bathing Copeland with His tears.<BR/>Your friend,<BR/>Byron WilliamsonUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14073318354173785537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-35515675186644597292007-09-24T09:38:00.001-05:002007-09-24T09:38:00.001-05:00Precious, precious family.Praying for you.......Precious, precious family.<BR/>Praying for you.......Kristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04870622906570955324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-12493254466105920182007-09-24T09:38:00.000-05:002007-09-24T09:38:00.000-05:00Crying with you and praying for you . . .Crying with you and praying for you . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-80897190576256194312007-09-24T09:34:00.000-05:002007-09-24T09:34:00.000-05:00I am praying for your sweet family. How Great ...I am praying for your sweet family. How Great is our God!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-82520894779569792392007-09-24T09:33:00.000-05:002007-09-24T09:33:00.000-05:00Weeping with you and praying for you, that you wou...Weeping with you and praying for you, that you would continue to rest in the peace of Christ.Missyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07839864671232635873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-58485392469198165572007-09-24T09:27:00.000-05:002007-09-24T09:27:00.000-05:00I have been following your blog. Came to it throug...I have been following your blog. Came to it through Poppy Joy's. As I sit here with tears flowing down my checks, I am reminded of my time in your shoes. I remember agonizing over watching my baby girl 'slip away'. I remember not having peace until I came to the point of praying "She is yours, Oh Lord. You are just letting me borrow her. Thank you for letting me love her, but I give her back to you. Take her, keep her from suffering." NIght after night we watched and waited to see if we would have just one more night. Because of other medical conditions, not just the genetic, we stayed in NICU. They gave us a private room so we could stay with her. As I rocked her, I would just pray, "Lord, take her now. I can't do this any more, take her now. Don't give her to me for some months and then take her, take her now." I remember getting a lot of flack about that from family and friends; but they just didn't understand how my heart was being ripped out piece by piece. <BR/>I pray for you now, because I understand. I pray for you now because I have been there. I have been praying for you because the Lord has reminded me what an awesome God we serve. God is good All the time, not just in our 'happy' days. God will see you through this. Just lean on him. Love on babye Copeland, take your pictures, make your memories; but lean hard on our Lord and stay strong in your Faith. That will be what gets you through this time. Miracle or not, God is in control and he has ordained this very moment and trusting Him is the only way through.<BR/>We are praying for you and will continue to pray for you in the months ahead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-89398222402975814722007-09-24T09:25:00.000-05:002007-09-24T09:25:00.000-05:00Still fervently praying for your family. You all a...Still fervently praying for your family. You all are constantly on my mind. May the Lord give you strength and peace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-69834403251204854422007-09-24T09:23:00.000-05:002007-09-24T09:23:00.000-05:00Continuing to pray for all of you this morning. Co...Continuing to pray for all of you this morning. Copeland, you have incredible strength just like your Mommy and Daddy! <BR/><BR/>Boothe and Comor, may you feel the loving arms of the Lord wrapped around you both and Copeland today. <BR/><BR/>I lift you up today and know that He is with you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-39961018206677284822007-09-24T09:13:00.000-05:002007-09-24T09:13:00.000-05:00i sang this song in church yesterday, and as i rea...i sang this song in church yesterday, and as i read your most recent post- a beautiful image of you singing His praise in the midst of sorrow- i am reminded of the lyrics...<BR/><BR/>Blessed be your name<BR/>In the land that is plentiful<BR/>Where the streams of abundance flow<BR/>Blessed be your name<BR/><BR/>Blessed be your name<BR/>When I'm found in the desert place<BR/>Though I walk through the wilderness<BR/>Blessed be your name<BR/><BR/>Every blessing you pour out,<BR/>I turn back to praise<BR/>When the darkness closes in, Lord<BR/>Still I will say...<BR/>Blessed be the name of the Lord<BR/>Blessed be your name<BR/>Blessed be the name of the Lord<BR/>Blessed be your glorious name<BR/><BR/>Blessed be your name<BR/>When the sun's shining down on me<BR/>When the world's all as it should be<BR/>Blessed be your name<BR/><BR/>Blessed be your name<BR/>On the road marked with suffering<BR/>Though there's pain in the offering<BR/>Blessed be your name<BR/><BR/>Every blessing you pour out,<BR/>I turn back to praise<BR/>When the darkness closes in, Lord<BR/>Still I will say...<BR/>Blessed be the name of the Lord<BR/>Blessed be your name<BR/>Blessed be the name of the Lord<BR/>Blessed be your glorious name<BR/><BR/>You give and take away<BR/>You give and take away<BR/>My heart will choose to say <BR/>Lord, Blessed be your namejunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16473325696753044356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-11715372733817105082007-09-24T09:12:00.000-05:002007-09-24T09:12:00.000-05:00I came over from a link on Becky's site. I have b...I came over from a link on Becky's site. I have been reading and weeping. I just want you to know that this is one 69 year old grandmother in Oklahoma that is touched by your hearts and love and I care and I hurt along with you.<BR/>SusanSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11360047123820906113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-31830722177384348802007-09-24T09:10:00.000-05:002007-09-24T09:10:00.000-05:00I am thinking of your precious little girl.I am thinking of your precious little girl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-25289493928916044932007-09-24T09:09:00.000-05:002007-09-24T09:09:00.000-05:00I can't imagine what you are experiencing, but you...I can't imagine what you are experiencing, but your words and actions are inspirational to me. Thank you for sharing something so personal with us all. My thoughts and prayers will be with you all, all day long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383360252145675914.post-72929688752739083382007-09-24T09:07:00.001-05:002007-09-24T09:07:00.001-05:00You have reminded us all of what is sacred in this...You have reminded us all of what is sacred in this life...any time I even think to reach for the remote at night to turn on the TV, it doesn't even appeal to me. I've sat in the quiet of my bedroom instead many times just praying for you all, thinking upon the Lord and just listening for His heart and His voice. We all know you are human, we know you are going to grieve and hurt with much pain over this, and probably eventually experience every emotion in the book - but you have, by faith, displayed beautifully the Kingdom of God in every turn of this journey with Copeland. Thank you for sharing her story with us, and for your extreme courage in it all. Whatever has happened between the last post and now - may He show you that His mercies are new every morning. I pray too for Sellars that she would have a supernatural understanding - and that God would speak to her little heart and give her things to say that would comfort you deeply... <BR/>the prayers continue - christy nockelsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com