Prayer Request for baby Kylie

This baby is the daughter of some friends of mine.  She was born in October with three holes in her heart that was detected soon after she was born.  Last week she had heart surgery to repair these defects and she is not responding as hoped.  I don’t know all the details but a second surgery is a possibility.  If you are the praying kind, please say a prayer for this little girl.  And for her parents who have so much on their plates at the moment.  It really puts things in perspective to see this helpless little babe, so vulnerable and precious.....so in need of a miracle. 

UPDATE:  Kylie does need to have another surgery to fix the repair on her heart valve.  As luck would have it the lead surgeon is stuck in Texas with weather issues so the surgery will happen as soon as he returns.  All kinds of prayers needed.

Praying (Mary Oliver)

I saw this on Heather Lende's blog today and it was too good not to post.

Praying

It doesn’t have to be the blue iris,

It could be weeds in a vacant lot,

or a few small stones;

Just pay attention,

then patch a few words together

Don’t try to make them elaborate,

This isn’t a contest -

But the doorway into thanks,

And a silence in which another voice may speak.

“ I will submit my thoughts to the authority of Jesus”.......

“ I will submit my thoughts to the authority of Jesus”.......these are the words I read yesterday morning.  They have been rolling around in my mind ever since; they resonated in a deep place with me.  Wouldn’t it be nice to put this to practice?  To surrender my thoughts to God, to think of only what he wants me to think of.  To dispel all the harsh words for myself and others, the worry, the angst, the endless tapes of self-deprecation that constantly swirl around in my mind and cause sleepless nights.  I know this is a gift I can claim and I know God wants this for his followers.  It is my new mantra.