Ella Hope

UPDATE Tuesday, September 2...Ella's surgery was today and went very well. Praise God for this sweet little miracle!

UPDATE....8:45 PM, Sunday, August 31 - Baby Ella Hope is here! She was born about an hour ago and weighs 4 lb., 3 oz. Amy and Ella are doing well - she may have her surgery tomorrow - more details to follow. PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY!

This post is going to be ongoing for the next two weeks...as we wait for the birth of Ella Hope! Ella Hope Carder is scheduled to arrive via c-section on Monday, September 8 at noon. You can read more about Ella Hope on Amy's blog, listed on my links.

Each day, I will add a scripture and ask you to pray that over the entire Carder family. They do not know what the next few weeks will hold, but they do know and are assured of a God who is faithful, no matter what our circumstances may be. Each verse contains Ella's middle name...fitting for a child who's parent's hope in the Lord is what sustains them.

August 28, 2008..."Let us hold unswervingly to the HOPE we profess, for He who promised is faithful..." Hebrews 10:23
August 29, 2008..."Be joyful in HOPE, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer..." Romans 12:12
August 30, 2008..."The Lord is good to those who HOPE in Him, to the one who seeks Him..." Lamen. 3:25
August 31, 2008..."We wait in HOPE for the Lord; He is our help and our shield." Psalm 33:20
September 1, 2008..."But if we HOPE for what we do not have, we wait for it patiently." Romans 8:25
September 2, 2008..."I will praise you forever for what you have done, in your name I will HOPE, for your name is good. I will praise you in the presence of your saints." Psalm 52:9
September 3, 2008..."But as for me, I will always have HOPE; I will praise you more and more." Psalm 71:14
September 4, 2008..."May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we pur our HOPE in you." Psalm 33:22
September 5, 2008..."Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my HOPE comes from Him." Psalm 62:5
September 6, 2008..."Be strong and take heart, all you who HOPE in the Lord."
Psalm 31:24
September 7, 2008..."Now faith is being sure of what we HOPE for, and certain of what we do notsee." Hebrews 11:1
September 8, 2008..."The Lord delights in those who fear Him, who put their HOPE in His unfailing love." Psalm 147:11
September 9, 2008..."But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear Him, on those whose HOPE is in His unfailing love." Psalm 33:18

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Be blessed today...and keep praying for a miracle!