Could you please pray for my son, Aaron? He was attacked by two men over the weekend. He ended up in the hospital. His face was fractured in four places, and the nerve endings were damaged. His lower eyelid blew up, and the doctor said he will have a permanent dent there. He is having difficulty eating, as his jaw is now misaligned. He is going in for plastic surgery this Friday.
Aaron is the most bestest boy a mother could have. He volunteers on the weekend for the 'Angel Food' program, distributing food to the needy. He also works the sound board at his church, and has put in many hours there. He recently volunteered to work the phones for PBS, and he also ran in a race for a local community care program.
Thank you in advance for your prayers...it means the world to me.
Update: Right after the two assailants attacked Aaron, they got into a cab and drove off. Today Aaron made contact with the cab driver. Though the driver didn't see the assault, he said he heard the two guys talking and laughing in the back seat about the guy they just 'beat up.' The cab driver is willing to give his testimony if necessary. Praise God!
We are in the process of trying to find a way to get to Aaron in time for the surgery. He lives in Virginia Beach, and we're in Wisconsin. But just in case we can't get there, Aaron has a very special friend who has been like family to him, and she will take him to the hospital in case we can't make it.
How on earth can I properly thank all of you! I am overwhelmed by all the saints gathered here to pray, some of you I have never met before today! For those who are posting your own prayer request for Aaron on your blog, bless your hearts! I just really don't know what to say. I pray God showers so many blessings over all of you, that you just can't contain it! I don't think I have ever felt so loved before...
Blessings,
64 comments:
Praying hard!! Keep me posted!
Blessings,
Tami
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How old is he honey? Do they know who did this? I am praying for you hun and I have other people praying as well.
Praying now....
Oh my goodness, I will definitely pray for him. Please keep us updated!
Debby, I am Praying for his Healing and Comfort. What all happened? Did they catch who did this? My Thoughts and Prayers are with your son and your family. Please update when you can. Blessings, Audrey
Oh no!!! I'm so sorry!!!!!
I'll be praying for your precious son!!!
Oh Dear Debby ~ I can hardly believe what I just read!! I am SOOOOO sorry to hear of this sick and senseless act that was carried out against your son. I pray that they catch and punish whoever did this to him. Know that Aaron will most definitely be in our prayers, as will you. Hang in there sweet friend and know that others are lifting you up during this difficult time.
God bless,
~Tanya
That makes me want to throw up. Love will prevail always. PRaying.
Prayers for Jeremiah. May the Lord bring healing and His peace. Blessings, Brian
Prayers for Aaron and the hearts of assailants to finds Christ and change their heart from hate to love.
Praying!
Oh Debby! How absolutely horrible!
I will certainly be praying for Aaron and your family.
Sweetie, I am very sorry. I will be lifting your precious son up in my prayers.
I am so sorry...I could hardly believe what I was reading in your post. What an awful thing to happen. As the mom of two grown sons my heart is aching with you. I am praying as well. Keep us posted dear one.
This just upset me so much-I can not imagine what you are going through.
However we know that God is working and praying blessings!!
God bless you all! Jen
Sister Debby, I'm praying with you and the other precious sisters here for your son. May God heal him physically and no matter what the doctor said, I'm praying for a miracle here. Praying also for protection for you and the whole family. Blessings to you sister. May God give Aaron physical comfort and peace and same with you and the rest of the family.
I WILL pray for Aaron. My heart broke while reading this. It makes me all the more thankful for home in heaven someday.
~ Wendy
My eyes welled up with tears when I came here today and saw all your comments. I can't even begin to thank you.
To answer a few questions...the police were able to track down the two guys, but they are both denying they did it. Aaron was just talking to a pretty girl at a party, not knowing she had a boyfriend, or that her boyrfriend was there too. Later when he went outside they attacked him, with no witnesses around.
Please pray that Aaron will be able to forgive them. Right now he's pretty upset and angry, which is to be expected, I guess.
Thank you for your prayers!
I will definitely pray for Aaron's healing! I pray also that what the enemy meant for evil, somehow God will turn around for His glory. I will post this prayer request on my blog for others to pray as well. God's grace & peace on you all.
Sorry for that news! May God bless your son and deliver Him from such pain.
By the way, thanks for following my blog. I just came back from 2 long months of idleness.
God bless you!
Ardy
Debby, I am so sorry to read about your son. We will keep in our thoughts and prayers. We will also keep YOU and the rest of your family in prayer as well. Please keep us updated. HUGS!
Debby, I cannot imagine what you all are going through...my prayers are with you all...but most importantly...Jesus is by your side...He is with you always. May the same power that rose Christ from the dead bring healing to your son's body and his heart. I pray with confident hope that "whatever was meant for evil...God will turn for good." I also pray that this tragedy will ultimately turn to triumph and that God will do even a greater work through your Son's life. And I pray in the name of Jesus.
Praying continually,
Cherie
OHMIGOODNES!!!!! I will pray for him!!
God Bless You And Your Family,
Oh Debby! I will DEFINITELY be praying for your Aaron...and for you. My "mama's heart" knows how badly this hurts you...and although it isn't at all Christ-like, it makes me want to get my hands on somebody! I know we can trust God to be a righteous judge when things like this happen, but it's hard to sometimes! For them to get "caught" and deny it just makes me so angry! I know Aaron is struggling to forgive them (as am I!) and I will be praying for that as well. You are right--this is a "senseless" reaction to an innocent act.
Lord, God, Creator and ALL things. I come to You calling on You as the Healer You are for Aaron. Realign his jaw and remove his fractures Father please. Heal him, comfort him and save him please Lord. May he praise YOu for his healing Lord God and get right back into his work for Your glorification.
I also call on You as the Comforter that You are for Deborah Ann as she is a mother who I know can not stomach the hurt of her child. Show her her release from any nagging thoughts that she may have about what has happened to Aaron. Remind her that yes she is his mother, but You are his Father!
In Jesus' name, Amen.
smooches,
Larie
Oh, Deborah! I'm so sorry. "Dear Lord, please be with Aaron now, mend and heal, Jehovah Rapha, Great Physician, and grant skill and wisdom to the doctors and all those who attend him. Find the ones who have done this, if they have not been found, and bring about justice, Lord. Comfort Aaron and those who love him so, and calm their anxious fears, in the precious Name of Jesus, and for Your glory."
Wendy
Debby, I just read about your son. I can't even imagine what you are going through. But know that my thoughts and prayers are with you. But above that is that the promise that His word tells us He will never leave us nor forsake us. By His stripes we ARE healed.
I will be Praying Hard for your Son.I do not know how some people can be so cruel and heartless.
Our Father is watching over your son.
Hello, I found your blog from a friends blog, I hope it is ok , I made a prayer button for my blog , and my friend wants to snag it for her blog.
Huuugs.Renee
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terrible! What a handsome young man you have and I pray he is fully restored. I pray the Drs have wisdom in his treatment. I pray your boy lets the Lord be his comfort. Vengeance is Mine sayeth the Lord.
I will definitely pray for your whole family, especially Aaron.
I'm so sorry! I will PRAY for you and for your son!
A big hug!
Manuela
I heard about your son through my friend Rose. As a 'mom' my heart goes out to you and your son!
May God bring swift healing to his body, mind and spirit. And may God hold you through this time.
My goodness Debby!! I'm very sorry this happend to your boy and he is in our prayers!! Do they know who did this too him?
Please keep us updated!
Bless you my friend and your family,
hugs from Florida
Sherri
Praying also, what wonderful prayers have been sent your way.
Debby,
Definitely sending prayers for Aaron to God's heavenly throne and asking for complete healing for your son!
Love and Hugs ~ Kat
I heard about your son through my friend Laura and I wanted to stop by to tell you that I am adding my prayers. I know there is terrible power in prayer!! I'm praying for a speedy recovery, a quiet mind while mending and justice for such a terrible thing!
Oh Debby... this is just so sad. I will definitely say a prayer for Aaron... not only for his physical healing but emotionally as well. I can't imagine the scars that will leave!
I am praying for your son. So glad I ended up here in bloggy land. I found you through Alisa's blog and loved your profile pic! Very handsome son, lifting him up in prayer. Blessings, Alene
Sister Debby, I hope you don't mind, that I copied Aaron's pic and put it on my blog and linked it back to your site....Thank you and God bless.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I just posted an update. I wish I could properly express how amazed I am by all of you dear friends. God is so good! Aaron is in good hands...he's in GOD'S hands.
Oh Debby, I'm SOOOOOO sorry to hear it. That's awful. =0(
Aaron will definitely be in my prayers! Praise God he's going to be okay though! Praise God!
Debby,
I'm so very sorry your son had to go through all of this. I just said a prayer and will continue to keep your family in my prayers.
Please keep us updated.
Kee
I am praying for your son. So sorry to hear what happened to him.
Wow. I am praying!
I'm so sorry to hear this, how horrible! It's got to be really hard to have your son so far away, especially at a time like this. I will be praying.
Debby, I am so sorry to hear this and I will pray for his physical healing as well as his emotional healing.
How very thankful we are for the Lord's protection in this!
How are YOU handling this, my friend?
Tucking Aaron into prayer, you as well. If you need a place to stay on the way to/from VA Beach, come by here, if you're driving and not allergic to animals.
Thank God the cabbie was found and will testify!
So sorry to hear about your son. Will be praying for him and you. You've had quite a month. May the peace of Christ rest in your heart.
Jaime
Debby~
I will be praying for your son and his recovery. I will also be praying for wisdom and knowledge for your son's physicians.
Praying for healing and peace!
Blessings~
Laura
Keeping Yall all in my Prayers.
Praying for you and your son. Just no words to describe the evil in this word.
Praying in Wenatchee, Washington. So sorry to hear about this very difficult providence.
Blessings,
Lori
Oh, bless his heart, soul, and body LORD!! Please use this for Your glory...
Jesus! We call on your miraculous, amazing, majestic Name! Father we lift up Aaron to you and we thank you for a beautiful recovery over his facial bones and nerves in Jesus name. You created us so beautifully and wonderfully; I thank you Lord that you are not limited to what has happened; You God are amazing and I thank you in advance for accelerated proper, excellent healing over every broken thing; it shall be put back together so creatively by You Almighty God!
Lord, I thank you for Your justice and righteousness. We know that these are the foundations of your throne; being so, I pray to You Father God that these two men would be found, revealed and God I thank You for your mercy over their lives and that through this situation, their hearts would be turned to you in Jesus name!
Father God, I thank you for Aaron's mom, Debby, Lord I pray your great strength over your daughter. Lord, You are so awesome God! Hallelujah! In Jesus Name! Amen!
I'm so sorry to hear about what happened to your son Aaron. I'll be praying with you along with many others. Thanks you for this opportunity to share in your burden, at least in prayer. May God comfort you, too, as we all together intercede for Aaron's speedy recovery.
Sorry about what happened to Aaron, we'll be praying for fast recovery.
I hit Publish too soon.....and wanted to add to it.
Please know Deb that we are lifting Aaron up in prayer....I believe that when we all gather in Aaron's name, there will be healing as God hears us. (Matthew 18:20)
I began to say that I pray that Justice will be served....and then stood convicted as you spoke of Aaron finding forgiveness as that is what Christ wants us to do. As a mom, I cannot honestly say that would be easy for me to do.....what a great boy you have raised, and it makes me so upset to hear about what these guys did to him. What a heart you have and how blessed your son is to have you pass your Christ-like spirit onto him as well
I admire you, Deb.....
Morning Debby, Just popping in to see how Aaron is doing today, I pray better.
I read this and thought id share it with you.
May we discover through pain and torment,
the strength to live with grace and humor.
May we discover through doubt and anguish,
the strength to live with dignity and holiness.
May we discover through suffering and fear,
the strength to move toward healing.
May it come to pass that we be restored to health and to vigor.
May Life grant us wellness of body, spirit, and mind.
And if this cannot be so, may we find in this transformation and passage
moments of meaning, opportunities for love
and the deep and gracious calm that comes
when we allow ourselves to move on.
Hugggs Renee'
Renee, that is just beautiful! I'm printing it, and putting it in my Bible. Thank you so much!
Aaron is in good spirits, considering. With all these prayers, how could he not be? God is so good, especially now!
Offering prayers from Iowa. Aaron is covered by the healing hand of God! I know it is still difficult that he is all grown up and at a distance.
I will be praying for your dear son!
God Bless!
Hugs, Ashlyn
I pray for a quick and thorough recovery for your son, in the Name of Jesus.
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