How great is our God? « Aria MacDonald

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” - Jeremiah 29:11

How great is our God?

Sunday, 09/03/08 at 6:53 pm by Anita MacDonald

The MacDonald family, smiling happily on a very important day.

Today we baptised our son and Aria’s brother at church. Of course there were lots of tears, mainly from me and Hamish but lots of misty eyes in the congregation. We remembered Aria’s baptism, which was held at Auckland hospital in the chapel. At that point we didn’t know about bowel transplants and thought she was going to die. We also thought there was a 50% chance other kids we had would be born with the same horrid disease. We were to lose our baby girl and remain childless… but that wasn’t to be.

Today we have Aria with us, who, has a hard road ahead of her, but she is such a huge blessing in our lives and we love her so much. AND we have another blessing, Asher, who has brought us great joy.

“The LORD has done great things for us,
and we are filled with joy.”
- Psalm 126:3

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3 Responses to “How great is our God?”

Priscilla
Wednesday, 19/03/08 at 7:14 pm #
awesome! this song was playing in the background as i read your post:

Everlasting, Your light will shine when all else fades
Neverending, Your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart is to bring you praise
from the inside out
Lord my soul cries out

-’From the Inside Out’
Lynn Middleton
Thursday, 20/03/08 at 5:30 am #
What a beautiful photo of you all. Aria is looking so well and Asher is so bonny. Take care over Easter, our love to you all and to your Mum and Dad. Aunty Lynn
Natalie
Thursday, 20/03/08 at 11:02 pm #
yay you guys are a lovely family. lots of healing strength to you

About Aria

Aria MacDonald

Aria MacDonald

Aria was born on Saturday 3rd June, 2006.

Two weeks later she was diagnosed with a very rare condition of the bowel known as total intestinal aganglionosis or total Hirschsprung’s disease. There is no cure and it means she would never be able to digest food.