Lately I have been thinking of someone I’ve never met.  His name is Clayton and a friend of mine passed along his url and I haven’t been able to go a day without visiting his website. He needs a boat load of prayers and so I thought the least I could do was to mention his name and url here so you can go and pray for him each day too.

You see, his son died unexpectedly at 21 months of age without explanation.  They still don’t know what caused his death, not that that really matters.  The enormity of that kind of loss isn’t really helped or lessened at all by knowing medically what happened.  This happened within the last couple of months and so for Clayton and his wife- this season of joy is filled with much suffering and deep pain.  Please pray for them.  And you can visit their site here if you’d like, to find out about this sweet boy and pray for Clayton and his wife.

I’ve never met or had any kind of contact with these people, but their story has just deeply touched me.  As a mom I shudder to think of this happening.  I pray for it not to.  But I can’t help visit this site and just pray for these dear people as they are suffering through something unimaginable. Am I a glutten for pain?  No, I don’t think so.  In light of all the suffering in the world I still believe that God is good, loves me and wants good things for my life.  Sometimes I think God places people in our lives just so that we can stand in the gap for them, so this is what I do.

Pray for Clayton and his wife.  Their son’s second birthday was supposed to be this December.