Hi friends! Thank you for being devoted to Silas in prayer. I know you are all anxious to hear how he is doing.
Truly. There is no place like home. This boy loves being with his people. He loves sleeping in his own bed.
In God’s great provision, my brother and his family are in town this week. So, my nephew Josiah (who is Si’s age) stayed with us around the clock from Sunday until yesterday afternoon. He stuck right with Silas. We even made them beds right next to each other. It was really such a comfort to have J right there with Si. Especially at night.
Silas is trusting in the Lord. He is thankful for all that He has done. He is striving to use it for God’s glory.
Right now, Silas has to sit a lot. He moves from the back porch, to the couch, to our bed (if he needs quiet), to the table (to play a game). If he wants to go to the bathroom or move to another location he needs Ryan’s help. That’s hard.
His energy is very low. He is weak but getting stronger each day. His voice is still not back to normal. It is an effort to talk. It is an effort to focus. His vision is still very blurry and double.
He has so many appointments and therapies starting next week.
Silas has no pain. Amazing.
Please pray for strength and encouragement and comfort for Silas. Please pray that he remembers to be thankful. Please pray that his primary focus is being an instrument in the Redeemer’s hands. Please pray that his vision normalizes quickly. Please pray for 100% recovery for Silas.
If you have not read his testimony, you have to! Here it is…
Sunshine Soldier 
It is so good to hear an update! What a blessing your family is, and I am so glad that you can all be home right now. We will continue to pray for healing for Silas and strength for the appointments next week.
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God is good! Thanking him in advance for Silas full recovery. Continued prayers for Silas and thank you mom for keeping us updated those far and near. God is yet able to do all that we ask.
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So thankful for no pain and that he is with his people!! Devoted to continue praying for his clear vision, strength of body, and voice to be readied to enjoy his friends!
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Will be praying that everyday will get a little better. How hard it has to be to watch the struggles he is facing. I am thankful to hear he is in no pain.🙏
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Praying for Silas! So glad you are home together.
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I am so incredibly proud of him! He touched every ones heart in such a special way. The unit of so happy for him, and your family!
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I understand all to well what Silas is struggling with, at least to the degree that a 47 year old woman can. 🙂 I am using that empathy to pray for Silas knowing that the struggles with weakness, lack of ability to focus, and lots of recovery ahead yeild their own special brand of temptations to doubt and wonder why. Paul Tripp or David Powlison wrote an article for The Journal of Biblical Counseling called Fruitless Rememberings. The premise was that remembering the negative things that have occurred bears very little to no fruit in helping us growing in godliness. But I also find that it is fruitless to think on how good circumstances used to be when I was completely heathy. Those rememberings tempt me to despair and long for what may never be mine again. What is helpful is to remember and dwell on thoughts about the character of God. He never changes. His goodness and love was the same the moment before the tree fell as it was after. That is so hard to grasp because my view of what goodness and love look like often has to be realigned with the truth. That’s hard work, especially when meaningful, focused thoughts are hard to come by. I find that godly music helps to right my thoughts when it is difficult to focus. I am praying for you and Ryan and your other children. Also for all of the people seeking to minister to you all and who will often fail to understand the depth of what Silas is dealing with even though they very much want to. And anything else the Lord brings to mind! God is good and I am thankful for the way He has worked healing in Silas. His kindness in this has strengthened my heart. I desperately needed this reminder of my God’s lovingkindness today.
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Yay! No pain is great!! As hard as this is, it would be way harder with pain so that is amazing news! Praying for next week with the beginning of therapies 🙏
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I am praying for God to continue to comfort each of your hearts, minds, and spirits during this time of adjusting to a new normal for every member of the family, as God continues His healing.
“When I think of the wisdom and scope of God’s plan [for you, Silas], I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth.
I pray that from His glorious, unlimited resources [Silas] He will give you mighty inner strength through His Holy Spirit.
And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your heart as you trust in Him.
May your roots [Silas] go down deep into the soil of God’s marvelous love.
And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love really is.
[Silas] may you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never understand it. THEN YOU WILL BE FILLED WITH THE FULLNESS OF LIFE AND POWER THAT COMES FROM GOD!
Now glory be to God!! By His mighty power at work within you [Silas] He is able to accomplish infinitely more than you would ever dare to ask or hope. ”
Eph. 3:14-20 (NLT)
Rest in Him, Silas, in your helplessness. Watch as He accomplishes His purposes!
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