Out of Troubles Comes Wisdom in Trusting God
By Chris Hammond, IMH He was only eight days old when he stopped breathing. All at the same time, it was the beginning of the day and yet it was the end of the day because in one moment, everything changed. He received a clean bill of health during those eight days from three separate doctors yet I knew there was something wrong. When he fell limp in my arms, his face had turned completely blue and all signs of life had vanished. So many emotions converged all at once: fear that he was dead, desperation that he and I needed help, scared that I had done something wrong, and relief in knowing that my instincts were in fact right. My first response was to cry for help to which my husband immediately responded but weirdly enough all of the phones in our house were dead so he ran next door to get help. In the meantime, while I stared at my breathless first born child only three words came to mind, “God help me”. In a split second I...