Faith-Anne

A few weeks ago my friends, Jim and Sandy, started sending urgent text messages asking people to pray for a 13 year-old Cystic Fibrosis patient in the ICU of Colorado's Children's Hospital. The young teen was the granddaughter of Sandy's cousin and her health situation was quite serious. I shared her need with my church and signed up on CarePages to receive updates on her condition. I'd never met Faith-Anne or her family, but her story touched me. She was only 13 years old with her entire life ahead of her. Today the prayer requests took on a new urgency. Her family had to make the gut-wrenching decision to remove her from life support. The last text just came in, "Just heard that Faith has passed away," Sunday, Dec. 23, 7:50 pm. People across the globe die everyday, but I want to note that this particular young lady has left us tonight. Her family, no doubt, held her close as she slipped the bonds of her very ill body. Many people prayed for her healing and God's wisdom has healed her in this way. I don't know if Christmas is celebrated in Heaven, but if it is I believe a new angel has been added to the choir tonight singing with clean, healthy, clear lungs.