Yesterday I walked into the busiest hospital I have ever seen.
There were lines all around of people waiting to be admitted to the hospital.
The plan was to go and pray for all the sick children.
There were lines all around of people waiting to be admitted to the hospital.
The plan was to go and pray for all the sick children.
But the Lord had a different plan for me that day.
Instead of praying for sick children I ended up in a room full a babies that were less than a week old.
(I didn't take out my camera in respect for the patients, but this is exactly what the babies looked like, red outfit and all.)
Every room was the size of a normal US hospital room but they had at least 5 beds that were all full. Some women were still pregnant, others were sharing the bed with their newborns.
The babies were all healthy and a few days old, but they hadn't received names yet.
So instead of praying for healing, I got to pray life into these little babies.
I got to speak truth into their lives.
I got to tell them that they are called by name by their Creator.
I got to tell them who they are in Christ.
I got to tell them, how much they are loved already.
I got to tell them that the Lord has a great plan for their life.
I got to tell them they were going to be strong, courageous men of God.
I got to tell them they were beautiful, loved daughters of the mighty King.
I got to recite Psalm 139 to them.
I got to tell them that they are called by name by their Creator.
I got to tell them who they are in Christ.
I got to tell them, how much they are loved already.
I got to tell them that the Lord has a great plan for their life.
I got to tell them they were going to be strong, courageous men of God.
I got to tell them they were beautiful, loved daughters of the mighty King.
I got to recite Psalm 139 to them.
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
With each unnamed baby that I got to pray over, my heart melted a little more.
The Lord just filled me with an oozing love and joy for these tiny miracles.
The best part was that the same truths that I am learning as a 22 year old, were also true about these 5 day old littles babies.
God is so good!
