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My best laid plans were to be in Tulsa this weekend for a very special event, my godson\u2019s little sister\u2019s First Communion and then yesterday, to attend my godson\u2019s swim meet. God wasn\u2019t surprised by me having to cancel because of the flu that literally slowed me down to a snail\u2019s pace for the last 7 days, but I was surprised. I wasn’t there, but I still celebrateed with my sweet Claire, Owen and their family from afar. <\/p>\n

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First Communion is a really big deal for Catholic families. I always had such admiration for those sweet 2nd graders who would attend many months of First Communion classes which would culminate in the Spring, their First Communion \u2013 wearing their white dresses and boys in their suits and ties. It is such a holy, joyful occasion. Relatives are invited and parents take lots of pictures. All eyes are focused on them for this very sacred and special time. <\/p>\n

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Receiving communion is the most beautiful, personal, and intimate times with our Lord for any of us, but it is especially precious and powerful for the boy or girl preparing and coming to know how profoundly united they become with Jesus in a way that they had never known before. So this weekend, precious Claire, who had reminded me over and over \u201cIn two years I’ll have my First Communion\u201d\u2026.then “Next year I\u2019ll have my First Communion!\u201d She was so excited, and you can see in these photos, that little girl\u2019s prayers and dreams came true.<\/p>\n

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Now onto what wouldn\u2019t seem near the spiritual occasion that Claire had. Owen had his swim meet last night. He placed \u201cfirst\u201d in all the events he raced. No big deal, right? Wrong! It is a really big, God-is-so-good-all-the-time DEAL! Here\u2019s why it was a powerful physical AND spiritual event. If you\u2019ve followed me and my relationship with this wonderful family, you would remember that this precious, now 12-year old boy, was born with many physical complications. That\u2019s when my husband and I were guided by the Holy Spirit to partner with them for Owen\u2019s healing. Not only was he born with a collapsed lung and was on a ventilator for the first 4 weeks of his life, even after leaving the hospital, many, many times, he\u2019d be back in the hospital because of pneumonia over and over again. We called him “Champ” from the get-go, because each time, he\u2019d overcome and defy the odds. Owen\u2019s Mom told me they had no idea he could swim so well, but of course, Owen-the-Champ defies the odds by his attitude, his trust in God and his “never quit” attitude. I have such a special love for this family because this little child brought us together and Owen, my little man who took over the seat beside me in church, where my sweet husband left . When Owen heard I couldn\u2019t make it this weekend, he said \u201cI wish there was something I could do to help Miss Donna. Oh, I can do something. I can pray.\u201d And his Mom told me, he stopped right in his tracks and began to pray for me. How’s that for reciprocating prayer? We prayed for him. He prays for me. <\/p>\n

Have you thought about the odds you and your family may have defied? It\u2019s often easy to take answered prayers way too lightly. When we take the blessings in and around our lives and continually to count them one-by-one, we\u2019ll start living on the \u201cLook what God has done!\u201d side and amazement, awe, wonder and gratitude will be a part of the very fiber of our being. Thanks be to God for His love and His wonder-working power! Great is His faithfulness!<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.\u201d Psalm 118:23<\/p>\n

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