Our Angel

Our sweet, beautiful Selah James went to be with Jesus this morning around one o'clock am after 10 and a half hours of fighting like a little warrior.  She passed away peacefully in her mommy's arms with the room full of our family and Pastor Laura.  We all stood around and were able to talk to her all the way to the end and give God praises for His true love for us and for her.  Selah continuously defied the odds that were against her little life and never gave up for one second.

One of our prayers leading into these last few weeks was that if it wasn't God's will to heal her completely, that we would at least get to hold her while she was alive for a few moments.  We prayed that she would not be stillborn and that she would be able to know her mommy and daddy's love for her over her short time on this Earth.  We know that the Father's love is so much stronger and bigger than we could ever fathom and so we're so glad that the Lord did not allow her to suffer for one minute and took her in the most peaceful way.  But we're also glad of the fact that we got to hold her against our skin and give her as much love as possible while she was with us.

The doctors never expected her to make it out of the operating room, but she showed all of us her incredible strength.  Over the 10 and a half hour period we experienced so many miracles.  God showed His face in every way imaginable.  We were able to hear her little whimpers and cries...things that we never knew we'd get to hear.  We were also able to read her a bedtime story just a few hours before she passed.  The room was full of tears as Brittany held her and I read "On the Night You Were Born," by Nancy Tillman.

Another blessing for us was being able to hold her in our arms, skin to skin.  She nestled against our chests and opened her eyes several times to look at us.  She has Brittany's nose and mouth and my eyes and eye brows (poor thing).  We even got to put some lip gloss on her perfect, little lips.  She looked like an angel the entire time and we know that she's in the arms of Jesus and not suffering through anything of this world anymore.

We can't thank you all enough for your support and prayers.  We truly felt the presence of God with us all day yesterday and even now.  There is an overwhelming sense of the Holy Spirit pouring its power over us and  flooding our hearts and the entire room with the love of Christ.  We never would have imagined that Selah's story would touch so many lives in such a short amount of time. Selah James Bennett will live well past her final breath on this Earth and we are so thankful for that.

Thank you all for your prayers and please continue to lift us all up in the coming days and weeks. Please remember, His ways are higher than ours and we submit to His will because He has aligned our steps and His love endures forever.  Rejoice in the Lord always!

Until next time, God bless you all.

Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."