The Business of Eating

Maddox is eating.

A. Lot.

It's unbelievable.

He is eating baby carrots, pea pods, orange and apple slices, beans, peas, corn, all meats, mango. He has tried and eaten a leaf of spinach, blueberries, golden raspberries.

I do not know who this child is.

It's amazing. I tear up thinking about it. What a gift! He is excited to sit at the table for meals and he is excited for his food and excited to try new foods and he is so very proud of himself. This boy, the one who gagged looking at many foods, who would take a bite and say "I'm full", who would become anxious at meal time and who would cry. I am amazed at this change in him and I need to give God all the credit.

We had people come from our church and pray for Maddox and our family once a week for several weeks. This is when the change started.

I have to admit I had a hard time typing that. I have always struggled with the healing part of God because so many people pray for healing for themselves and loved ones, and people still aren't healed. I have friends and family who have lost babies and children who never wavered in their faith and never gave up asking, and God didn't heal.

I don't know why God is healing Maddox, but I can't deny the fact that He is. It certainly isn't because I am super faithful and never doubt or question. Or that I am some super Christian. In fact, I never really asked God to heal Maddox because I just didn't believe in that part of God. But I came to the point where I had no other choice. I really didn't. And so I started asking God to heal him, and when I was exhausted and tired of asking, I asked others to come and ask for the healing.

I am tempted to delete everything I just typed. I am conflicted with sharing all of this. In my heart I am grateful for the healing God has done, I just don't feel right sharing it. I certainly wouldn't want to hear about some healing going on in someone's life if it wasn't happening (or didn't happen) for my loved one. Maybe that's just my immaturity showing, but it's how I feel. And yet, I feel I need to give credit where it's due. But not in a gloating, boasting, bragging way. It's actually very humbling when I think about it.

Wow. This was just going to be a post about how well Maddox is eating. Let me know how you feel about all of this (ha! That would be about 2 or 3 opinions ).

But the good news is, Maddox is eating!!!