Monday, April 28, 2008
Pledge Comments
If you make a pledge or contribution to the ride, please feel free to make note of it in the comments. However, you are by no means required to do so. If you want your pledge to remain anonymous We are still happy to get them, it just might be nice to know who else is lending a hand.
Friday, April 25, 2008
God's Voice
Isn't it funny how sometimes the Lord speaks to us in a "still small voice" and other times he just yells right in our ears...
Like anyone who is familiar with Granton's story, I had a long day today. I couldn't get too far away from my computer in case Granton's Blog updated while I wasn't paying attention. I think I probably prayed every other minute throughout the day. At one point when things looked really bad, my parents called me and told me they were going down to KC to be with the family at the hospital. I spent my first two hours of work trying to decide whether or not to go myself. I finally decided that I would go to Children's Mercy and be with my family and at very least be a good set of arms and legs to make sure everyone who had been there for hours and had REALLY been feeling the stress had everything they needed. I put in my vacation request and started home to change and get on the road. I know everybody understands what I'm talking about when I say I had that HEAVY feeling in my chest all the way home. As I drove across town in my quiet car the song "Everlasting God" by Lincoln Brewster kept playing itself over and over in my head, to the point that I was singing it out loud to myself while I drove; and believe me I was NOT in the mood to sing. If you don't know that song, please go find it and listen to the words, it's taken from Isaiah 40 (if you noticed-Isaiah 40:31 is at the bottom of this page and was there before the story I'm telling here happened.) It's a wonderful song about putting all your trust in God even when the odds seem impossible. So, I sang all the way home-in a very sad dreadful way-and when I got there I walked through the door to change my clothes and the phone rang. It was my Dad..."They just called, the Baby's better and we're going home!" I felt the same joy I'm sure everybody else did when they found out that Granton had stabilized today, and I turned around and got back in my car to go to work.
Guess what song was playing when I turned the radio on.
Like anyone who is familiar with Granton's story, I had a long day today. I couldn't get too far away from my computer in case Granton's Blog updated while I wasn't paying attention. I think I probably prayed every other minute throughout the day. At one point when things looked really bad, my parents called me and told me they were going down to KC to be with the family at the hospital. I spent my first two hours of work trying to decide whether or not to go myself. I finally decided that I would go to Children's Mercy and be with my family and at very least be a good set of arms and legs to make sure everyone who had been there for hours and had REALLY been feeling the stress had everything they needed. I put in my vacation request and started home to change and get on the road. I know everybody understands what I'm talking about when I say I had that HEAVY feeling in my chest all the way home. As I drove across town in my quiet car the song "Everlasting God" by Lincoln Brewster kept playing itself over and over in my head, to the point that I was singing it out loud to myself while I drove; and believe me I was NOT in the mood to sing. If you don't know that song, please go find it and listen to the words, it's taken from Isaiah 40 (if you noticed-Isaiah 40:31 is at the bottom of this page and was there before the story I'm telling here happened.) It's a wonderful song about putting all your trust in God even when the odds seem impossible. So, I sang all the way home-in a very sad dreadful way-and when I got there I walked through the door to change my clothes and the phone rang. It was my Dad..."They just called, the Baby's better and we're going home!" I felt the same joy I'm sure everybody else did when they found out that Granton had stabilized today, and I turned around and got back in my car to go to work.
Guess what song was playing when I turned the radio on.
Beginnings
The idea for a benefit ride for Granton came to me one week ago tonight. Since then, everything has seemed to just fall into place as far as planning goes. I guess when the Lord supports something it just kind of works out. This is just the first post to get the page started. Over the next few weeks leading up to the ride on June 16th, I will post updates on how the planning is going, the final determined route, any events that will coincide with or support the ride, etc. For anyone that has been on Granton's site today, you know it's been a rough one. Let's all pray extra hard for God's will to be done and for Him to hold Baby Granton in his hand.
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