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DAY118

EXTREMELY SLOW RECOVERY

It has been four days now since the last surgery, and we are
seeing no improvement at all. For the first time in the 118 days
of this journey, I now felt in my heart and soul that she was
going to die. God was going to answer “no” to me and to
everyone else around the world that was praying for her every
day. My extremely short note that I sent yesterday instantly
gave those feelings away to the thousands of prayer warriors
that were on my mailing list.

My spirits were lifted that evening, however, when I received
an e-mail from a very special prayer partner in California. My
daily e-mails had been forwarded to Liz by a neighbor since the
very beginning of this long, weary journey. She had
experienced our ups and downs with each e-mail update and
photograph, and had been praying for Alyssa every day.
Sensing my spiritual weariness and aware of the desperate
situation that we were now facing with Alyssa’s life, Liz stayed
up all night praying on our behalf.

Liz’s prayer and all night prayer vigil lifted my spirits and
renewed my strength in the Lord. In a way, she was lifting us up
to the Lord while we slept, just as Aaron and Hur held up the
arms of Moses as he grew weary during the battle as described Moses went up to the hilltop to overlook the battle against the
in Exodus 17: Amelekites. As long as Moses held up his rod to the Lord, the
Israelites were winning the battle, but as soon as his arms
Today, Liz saw my need and held up my arms to the Lord. She dropped from exhaustion and fatigue, the tide turned in favor of
wasn’t on the front line with us at the hospital, but she had, in the enemy. Moses lifted up his arms only as long as he was
fact, come along side us in prayer and encouragement and physically capable of doing so. It didn’t matter how much he
lifted me up when I no longer could. wanted to hold them up, he couldn’t. Aaron and Hur, seeing
Moses’ exhaustion, responded to his need. They stood beside
him and held up his hands until the battle was won.