Prayer: What a powerful word!
Prayer: What an incredible concept – to be able to converse directly and personally with the Creator God.
Prayer: What a wonderful expression of love – to be able to carry our own concerns and the concerns of others to our Heavenly Father.
Prayer: What a joy to know that our Friend will listen and He will answer.
Shortly after Rock Bridge Baptist Church was birthed, I asked you to begin praying for Carsyn, a little baby cousin of one of my co-workers. In May 2009 you began to pray. Many of you have asked over the months about how he was doing. Today I’d like to share with you a letter that Carsyn’s mom, Lauren, recently sent to the AJC:
“I am a single mother of a beautiful baby boy. In May of 2009, I moved with my parents to Atlanta. Our first week in Georgia, my son was diagnosed with Congenital Infantile Fibrosarcoma in his heart. We spent months in the CICU at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston. This is where we met our “Angel in Scrubs,” Marybeth Fasio-Norwood. Never have I felt so much love and compassion from a complete stranger, the first day we met. During our stay at Egleston, we met a number of different nurses all with different personalities. Marybeth had more fire, passion, and faith than any other! My world was falling apart and she held me close numerous times as a mother would. My son was not supposed to survive, as he was in such uncharted territory. He is the only person in the world to be registered with cancer in the heart. As the Doctors were rolling the dice, Marybeth was there. She would call or come check on us on her days off. Carsyn, my son, had never been sick before we moved here. I do not believe he would have survived had we stayed in Florida. Doctors did not think my little man would make it to a year old. I am blessed and proud to say he is almost 15 months! I believe it was divine intervention and that God sent us here so we would receive Marybeth and her amazing care. She is now family to me and mine. Here is a little poem I wrote to express my respect and love for this wonderful woman…”
“An angel in scrubs is what I received.
A shoulder to cry on as I sobbed and grieved.
I was given a gift that made my life worthwhile.
God was testing my strength, turning this journey into a trial.
She taught me strength, as I felt so alone.
Turned the room of beeping machines and wires into a home.
There was a three-way connection between my angel, baby, and me.
I am blessed to say my baby is now cancer-free.
How I would of made it through without my angel? I will never know.
A hug, a blessing, and a Thank you, I will always owe.”
We can celebrate Carsyn’s successful surgeries and his recovery. We need to continue to pray for him to grow into a healthy young boy that can play and run and laugh and do all of the things that little boys should able to do. You, Rock Bridge Baptist Church, were a part of that. You prayed. You intervened on his behalf. You expressed concern to our Heavenly Father for a little child that you didn’t even know. My coworker said, “Lauren, wanted me to personally thank each and every one of you for your thoughts, prayers, and support even though you’ve never met her or Carsyn. Lauren stated “they’ll never know how much it meant to us, thank you!””
In this newsletter and in our Sunday morning bulletin you will find our weekly prayer list. Take time to pray for these concerns. In our Sunday evening Bible Study the LORD (Jesus) said to Abraham: “Is anything too difficult for the LORD?” Our standard Sunday school answer is “No – Nothing is too difficult for the LORD.” If that’s the case (which it is) then we should be praying like we truly believe that.
Some folks need healing – miraculous healing. Is miraculous healing too difficult for the LORD? No! So pray for miraculous healing – complete and total healing – pray for a wholeness and fullness of health for those who are sick. Some folks need employment – they need a job. We are in hard financial times in our country and times are tough for all of us. Is providing employment too difficult for the LORD? No! So pray that the LORD will bless each and everyone in our congregation, not only with a job, but with a good and rewarding job. Others are experiencing all sorts of difficulties and challenges. In every case – pray big. Pray with certainty. Pray with joy. And pray with thanksgiving.
May God Bless – Pastor Greg
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