Prayers for the Cantrell's

Last weekend through a link I came across Baby Cate's Blog.

Baby Cate is the daughter of Charlie and Ali Cantrell. As I was reading through the blog I kept getting this feeling like I "knew" them. I finally ended up googling them and found out that Charlie is a speaker to youth and I've heard him at least once at one of the Steubenville East Youth Conference.

Their daughter was born 7 months ago against all odds.....she wasn't expected to live past 5 months in the womb. When she was born it was found out that she had a heart defect. About two weeks ago she went in for heart surgery.

While everyone has been praying for a miracle, God answered our prayers different then we all hoped but it's the BEST way because it's His way. He brought Baby Cate Home to Him on Tuesday.

The story of this family is amazing. Full of faith, hope, and love. It's a REAL story. Charlie and Ali have felt despair and pain and anger and hurt. And they've blogged about that. But behind it all they have faith and trust in God. It's beautiful to read their words.

I recommed reading through the blog. From the beginning. Yes it will take awhile but it is so beautiful. You can see the hand of God working through Baby Cate from the very first post. That little baby has brought thousands of people closer to Him.

This morning as I read the post about Baby Cate's last day, tears were running down my face. And all I could think as I prayed for these parents is that if someday I find myself having to hand my baby back to God that I am able to do it with the trust that they are doing it with.