April 10, 2010: It is a date that I will never forget.
A day that has been forever cemented in my mind. A day that has forever changed me. It is the day that my husband, Rodney, and I received the news that the little girl growing inside of me had the fatal diagnosis of Anencephaly.
Her birth defect, we were told by doctors, made her "incompatible with life" and she would be born stillborn or die shortly after birth. The doctor told us "there were options" and we told him we did not want to hear them. He was respectful of our decision.
We knew that the Lord had given our daughter to us and we were committed to being her parents regardless of if she lived for a few hours, a few days, or for a lifetime. On April 10, 2010, we began a six month journey of pressing into the Father and seeking Him for our daughter's healing. This very choice to choose LIFE in our circumstance and continuing to seek HIS face opened the door for us to enter into an amazing journey of seeing Our Father work in such powerful and loving ways.
It was a journey that allowed us to see part of HEAVEN COME TO EARTH....to see how the Lord’s kingdom truly can come now. It was a journey that many standing on the outside did not understand. A journey that was so difficult at times but yet also full of so many blessings and testimonies.
I have felt the Lord stirring in my heart over the past several months to share more of our story with our daughter Aliyah. So, today I am starting this blog. I invite to you journey with me as I share the GOODNESS and FAITHFULNESS of the Lord over the past few years in our journey with our daughter, Aliyah Joy......
A day that has been forever cemented in my mind. A day that has forever changed me. It is the day that my husband, Rodney, and I received the news that the little girl growing inside of me had the fatal diagnosis of Anencephaly.
Her birth defect, we were told by doctors, made her "incompatible with life" and she would be born stillborn or die shortly after birth. The doctor told us "there were options" and we told him we did not want to hear them. He was respectful of our decision.
We knew that the Lord had given our daughter to us and we were committed to being her parents regardless of if she lived for a few hours, a few days, or for a lifetime. On April 10, 2010, we began a six month journey of pressing into the Father and seeking Him for our daughter's healing. This very choice to choose LIFE in our circumstance and continuing to seek HIS face opened the door for us to enter into an amazing journey of seeing Our Father work in such powerful and loving ways.
It was a journey that allowed us to see part of HEAVEN COME TO EARTH....to see how the Lord’s kingdom truly can come now. It was a journey that many standing on the outside did not understand. A journey that was so difficult at times but yet also full of so many blessings and testimonies.
I have felt the Lord stirring in my heart over the past several months to share more of our story with our daughter Aliyah. So, today I am starting this blog. I invite to you journey with me as I share the GOODNESS and FAITHFULNESS of the Lord over the past few years in our journey with our daughter, Aliyah Joy......
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