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God hears your prayers.

When we found out Kelly was pregnant we prayed for her and the baby during our nightly prayers. At this time there was a young mother in our church that was living in the Amarillo RMH while her baby was in the NICU at NWTH. Our girls were very afraid this would happen with Lizbeth so they prayed very specifically about it. Every day they prayed that the baby would be healthy and wouldn’t have to go to the hospital because they didn’t want to be separated from their mommy and daddy.

When Lizbeth was born everything seemed great. She scored high on her APGAR test, kicked, screamed and just generally acted like a new baby should. 24 hours later she lost her appetite. It wasn’t enough to really worry us but it was something that was noticeable. Around 36 hours later Kelly called me from the hospital crying because the nurses said our baby was having seizures. Then about 48 hours after she is born she was no longer able to maintain her own body temperature. Less than 72 hours after Lizbeth was born she was in the NICU at NWTH and we were living in Amarillo RMH.

Through all of this Kelly and I were praying, our girls were praying, our families were praying, the NFWB church was praying, the Fort Gibson FWB church was praying and the Lifeway Christian Center in Guymon was praying. Despite all the people who were praying for Lizbeth to get better she didn’t. Despite all our girls’ prayers for our family not to be separated we were. 

When the exact opposite of what you pray happens does God still hear your prayers? Is this still comforting to you?