Adele, We Are Praying for You & Believing!

 Adele, we are praying for you and believing!  

Adele has a special place in so many people's hearts and lives.  I think of her daily as she lays on the hospital bed with a ventilator.  She has been in the hospital now for almost three weeks and has been on the ventilator for ten days.

People all over the world are praying for her and for the healing of her lungs from the bacterial pneumonia.

For those who do not know her, let me describe Adele.  She is a wife, mother, grandmother, sister, prayer warrior, educator, a God-fearing woman, friend and so much more.  Adele has always been there for others.  There have been so many times that I have seen her lay hands on someone or on a particular part of someone's body that might be in pain and prayed for them.  It didn't matter where she was.  She always knew that the person needed some relief and needed to feel God's presence.

Talking with her daughter the other day, Krista described her mother as Deborah from Judges 4 & 5.  Deborah was a prophetess and a wise leader.  She was always able to see the big picture that others are not able to see.  Deborah was a mediator, adviser, a planner and she walked with God.  As Deborah was a fighter, Adele is as well.  If she believes in something, she never gives up.

Adele's grand-daughter shared with me the other day of a vision that she had.  Emily saw her grandmother on a walker coming out of the hospital with a smile on her face.  She said she had aged and was very feeble and her hair had streaks of gray.

I have always felt that the Lord is going to use Adele to tell the story of her fighting to live and how God was right there with her.   Adele's husband, George, is also recovering from COVID.  George is a spiritual man, who teaches others about God's grace and how He gives new lives and a peace to ones that ask.  They have always been the dynamic duo.  Their forgiving love for others has shown how God forgives us and loves us throughout all our circumstances, trials and tribulations.

During times like this, one wonders "Am I not praying correctly?", "Does God not hear me?", "What am I doing wrong?".....  So many questions, we ask God, when we are not seeing our requests answered.

I know that God is working.  He is with Adele and He is healing her.  But God is also working on me.  He is wanting me to be faithful in prayer and to keep my eyes on Him.

Luke 18:1, Jesus says "pray and not give up".  I am keeping my prayer constantly before God as I walk with Him and believing He will answer.  God may be delaying His answer, so that I can grow in character, faith and hope.

When I think of believing.  I always think about Charlie Waters, who played for the Dallas Cowboys.  I was traveling from North Texas to Austin one cold Sunday listening to the game.  Charlie couldn't play the game against Washington due to an injury.  Charlie was asked to be one of the announcers for the game.  With Charlie announcing, I felt as if I was right there in the stadium.  The game was back and forth.  Washington got ahead and it was the last seconds of the game.  

The other announcer said to Charlie "It doesn't look good right now.  Surely, Dallas doesn't have a chance."  Charlie's reply was "Brad, that's just not the way you think as a player.  Everybody just believes.  You've got to believe.  That's just what it's all about.  If you collectively believe things are going to happen, you can sometimes make miracles happen."  

Charlie knew that Roger Staubach, the quarterback, was figuring out a way to score.  The other players trusted and believed in Roger.  The players believed in their hearts that if they did their job, then Roger would do the rest.  Seconds on the board, Roger did his hail-Mary throw and the Cowboys won 35 to 34.

I know this was a football game.  But the leader and the players were all on the same page.  They trusted and believed that they could do it.  As believers, we need to come together, believing that Jesus can heal.  He is "Wonderful Counselor", "Mighty God", "Everlasting Father" & "Prince of Peace".

Even the disciples questioned Jesus on why they couldn't drive out the demons of a young boy.  Jesus told them because of their lack of faith and believing.

We are praying for Adele and laying hands over her lungs and asking God for that victory of healing and that she will walk out of the hospital.  We are waiting for her story of how Jesus healed her!

Please join me in believing in the miracle that God is going to perform!

Adele, Krista(daughter) and Emily/Elle(grand-daughters)