my sparrow
“may i come in?”
he entered the room slowly but with comfort. his shirt collar told me that he was used to these rooms, used to machines that attach their tentacles to bodies.
i agreed that he may, as my laptop perched on my lap, legs covered with new leggings whose patterns made me feel like a zebra. my overnight bag is being drawn out longer than we planned and I value clean clothes that haven’t slept on hospital recliners.
“I’m the Chaplain here, and I was wondering if I could pray for you.”
i welcomed him for both of us, my sparrow’s eyes pulled tightly shut by pain meds and a healing leg.
“now, i have to say that i saw something this morning. my wife sent me a video.”
i knew what he was about to say, because it happens so often.
“i saw a video of you two this morning. i think my wife was trying to tell me something about our own marriage, about my steadfastness.”
“did you know we were here?” I asked.
that’s when a little miracle began to unfold in our little hospital room, as the sun heating the city to over 70 beat down on his bed.
“my wife asked if maybe i had prayed for you when the accident happened.”
we were in the same hospital.
“i spent a lot of time on the neuro ICU unit.”
he mentioned unit 4G, a place that had become a home for 7 weeks. that’s where we were. so he probably had prayed for us. he probably had been there when my sparrow was failing 4 out of 5 brain activity tests.
“when my wife asked, i looked into my records, wondering if i had met you before. and then i saw that you’re here now. and it confirmed what the Spirit had been telling me.”
before seeing today’s census, before realizing that we were just a few flights up from him, he felt burdened to add our story to his team’s prayer family. before he knew we were in again, before he knew about a surgery.
“not a sparrow falls,” he said, his faith strengthened because we both knew coincidences didn’t exist.
this little miracle, that a video seen by a chaplain’s wife put into motion, buried itself into my heart.
“God is amazing.”
he agreed. because we’ve only been here three mornings. the video seen any other day wouldn’t have led to that, wouldn’t have led to the chaplain anointing and praying over my sparrow for miracles.
he recounted all that he has seen in the ICU’s, in 10 years as chaplain, as constantly seeing the miraculous.
and my mind turned back to earlier in the day, when we received a visit from his original neurosurgeon for which we had hoped. a visit from the man who has seen inside my sparrow’s brain and has seen how near he was to death. a man that reminded us of the incredible number of odds that my sparrow has overcome and who still takes an interest in us.
the chaplain and the neurosurgeon, our lives all weaving together for these hours, threads of a story that we won’t know in full. threads that have lasted more than 8 years. threads that still continue to weave beautiful miracles. threads that we would not have chosen but that are creating an immense tapestry, far more beautiful than we could have created on our own.
and my God is keeping watch on my sparrow.
love
L
BECKY LYNN GUIDRY
November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am
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becky jacobsen
May 20, 2014 at 1:17 am
Praying for you and your sparrow. Go Team Ian.
Shirley
May 20, 2014 at 2:42 am
Thank you. I just found the two of you incredibly wonderful human beings on of all things, Facebook. Yes, I know this is probably a suprise to you both… 🙂
God is amazing. I was feeling so upset, angry, resentful….all kinds of things we don’t like to feel and that suck out so much energy from our human souls….so much so that I decided to go to bed early and read. But for some reason I felt the need to check Facebook (something I rarely do in the evening) and I found you.
And I watched your story. And I looked at your blog. And I found a painting of Ian’s I was very much interested in but found was already sold. 🙂 And I read your blog entries. And I relaxed. And I found peace again. And I feel whole and back to normal again.
God is awesome.
God is part of all of us and the string that connects us all.
God is both of you. And me. And my family.
Thank you for sharing your story. And your love.
Know you have brought happiness to someone tonight. And peace. And patience. And calm.
Thank you.
Gods blessing to you today and every day.
Shirley
Damon
May 21, 2014 at 2:05 am
I actually was glancing at my facebook this evening when your story popped up on my page, shared by a good friend here in Florida. I am sure there are lots of ways that you all will motivate non believers and believers alike. I am constantly in a state where I don’t believe there is that special someone out there for my self. I constantly look at all the negativity in relationships with both one another and the man above. Your story however shows how two amazing people came together and overcame obstacles that people put in front of you both, as a couple and you still continue to overcome. I wish you and your families nothing but the best and pray for both of you. God Bless! – Damon
Ric Grosh
June 13, 2014 at 9:09 pm
Awesome. Such an inspiration for trusting and remaining in Jesus. Praying for you guys!
-Ric from Florida
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