Let's Get Down On Our Knees...

When Jaxon was first born, and all I did was sit at home and hold him, I read Janna Gillespie's blog daily. I'm sure that any and every one that reads my blog knows about the situation with her son Gunner. Gunner's father, Gus Gillespie is the head boy's basketball coach at Marshall County High School. Gunner has been fighting a brain tumor for almost a year now. When my student teaching began, I found that I didn't have much time to continue reading Gunner's updates every day. But today, I sat down, and did. And after reading it, I walked into Mrs. Craig (my supervising teacher)'s office, and got down on my knees. This little boy needs our prayers... He isn't far from his eternal home, and he is going to experience peace and joy like never before, but my heart breaks every time I think of this sweet family. I can't imagine losing my little boy. It makes my heart hurt to even think about it. So guys, let's pray for this family like never before... Gus, Janna, Gunner and Garlynn, I am praying for you. I hope that you can feel it...

Here's is an excerpt of one of Janna's updates from last week. It really made me think:
As I sit here and feel the fear rising in my body. I ask you all to pray. Please, pray harder than you ever have prayed in your life. Now as I sit here and think about this for a minute – have I ever prayed this hard for anyone else? Have I prayed this hard for a total stranger? I ask those things because that is what I am asking you to do. Some of you have never met us but yet I ask you to get down on your knees and ask God to save this little boy. I ask you to ask our Heavenly Father to give Gunner life on this earth, whole, and tumor free. I just know he has so much more to do on this earth. Now as I ask you all to do this, I know that this is not about Gunner or me. It is not about the plans that I have made for Gunner or me. It is about God. It is about God’s plans for us. It is about God’s plan for Gunner and for me. It is about God’s plan for each and everyone of you. My hope is that Gunner has shown you that God does have a plan for each one of us and that we have to be open to hearing from him. However, my hope is that he is open to hearing from us and listening to our persuasion of why he should grant a little boy a miracle.
This time is difficult and this time is bitter. This time is just plain torture. Please pray and ask every prayer warrior you know to pray for Gunner.

Let's get down on our knees.