Another Decade Lived…

While driving yesterday, watching movies with Mom and Jim last night, laying in bed and first thoughts this morning all I could do is praise Our Father… thank Him for bringing me to this point. There is no way possible I got to this day without His hand on my life.…

The things He has brought me through… being in leg braces from the time I was a baby to wearing my boots and heels. Getting diagnosed with Chrons’ Disease in my early 20’s being told i probably wouldn’t live to see 40. Then right before I turned 40 life took a scary turn south. My Chrons’ cost me my career. A surgery that I walked away from with no colostomy bag… only Jesus!! I never got to fully recover when my Lyme Disease journey began… that one truly about took me out. Yet, it took that journey and all that was happening in my life for me to meet Our Lord and Savior...to realize God is real, He is always with us, His healing mercies are as real and miraculous today as they are in His Word if we just believe.

I look at my life and it is far from perfect… the heartbreak for my estranged family, the ongoing health issues, the daily struggles and battles… yet it is good! I know I am never alone and Jesus is just a cry, a call away… He is always right here by my side. Short of a miracle I know I will not hear from my daughters or grandchildren today… it’s ok. That is a journey they are on as well as myself. Sometimes we just have to step away and allow God to work things out for His good not ours.

My health is a battle yet… it is better than it has been at times in the past. The times Jesus literally carried me through, even before I knew him just drop me to my knees in gratefulness and pure awe!!

When I say “why me Lord”… it is not in reference to something I am going through it is in humbleness and disbelief that He would save a sinner like me. That He hears my heart and answers prayers. That He chose me, He chose me, He saved me… I am so unworthy, I fall short multiple times a day yet He is always right here pushing, nudging and sometimes even carrying me through.

Today is a number, our age is a number. It does not define us… who we choose to be. We are only as old as we choose to be… my body may fail, my memories escape me yet I pray to continue to show up everyday “overcoming”… yes, overcoming in Jesus Holy Name…

I thanked my parents for keeping me last night, for not flushing me down the toilet LOL. They gave me life, love me, cheer for me and yes reprimand me and I am grateful for that and their love. My biggest blessing is I have my parents in my life… the next few days I get to spend my day, celebrate my life with the woman who gave me life… blessed!! God answered another prayer … of course we are spending our time in Charleston and of course I will be at Sullivans Isle for some time of gratefulness, thankfulness and remembrance of where I met Jesus …

As I sit here listening to the waves roll in, the sky is starting to light up and I wait… it’s a new day and I am rejoicing and counting my blessings… thank you, each and everyone of you who are in my life… I am grateful and blessed. Thank you for keeping me in your prayers… for your encouragement, love and fellowship… I appreciate and love you all💕

Stay tuned … there is so much more yet to come💕

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