Go Forth in Boldness........

     In December of 2009, just six short months after Rodney and I got married, I went to an anointing service at our church (In the Light Ministries) in Lancaster City.

      I was first prayed over and anointed by Pastor Phil and his wife Yvonne and then was also prayed for by another elder, Sandra. I thought it was interesting that both Pastor Phil and Sandra prayed almost the exact same prayer over me that evening. Especially since they were standing in two different places upfront and had no way of hearing each other as they each prayed. It definitely got my attention and I sensed that the words spoken were important and directly from the heart of the Lord.

      Their prayers included the following: "GO FORTH IN BOLDNESS to advance against the kingdom of darkness with your husband. That there would be NO FEAR and that you may be sensitive to God's whisper. May you pour out God's blessing on others as he has blessed you. May God continue to bring those to you who are weak. May you SHAKE THE GATES OF DARKNESS. May you be a LIGHT and blessing to your family. May you be FULL OF COURAGE. God loves you."

I had no idea just how POWERFUL and meaningful that prayer would become for Rodney and I over the next six months........

It is Time.......

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......