Ana

JoAnn Smith leads our New Hope Women's Ministry prayer group.  She has such a heart for prayer.  Last night she sent out a request for Hannah, a 2 mo old baby girl.  Hannah needs a heart transplant.  She's not doing well at all and the family, extremely concerned, reached out to friends for intercessors to lift little Hannah's name up to the Father.

I read the request and my heart broke because I associate nearly every baby with my Ana.  It was 4 years ago this past Tuesday that Ana was birthed.  I'm never quite sure how to phrase that since she died the day before her birth.  I am sure how to phrase the hurt:  "brokenhearted." 

The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; He rescues those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18

He rescued me once again this morning.  My heart remains broken and I believe my spirit will always be crushed whenever I remember holding Ana's lifeless little body in my arms.  But, I am not alone.  I have a Father Who whispers my name telling me He is with me, loving me through the hurt - every single time.