Where did the time go?

A huge milestone of mine just past in this whirlwind I call life. Five years ago on February 22 my life was forever changed. It almost feels redundant bringing it up every year, and trying to bring new life to the same lessons learned and to retell the miracles and episodes of grace that I experienced. However, I was recently inspired by the great Dr. Kent Brantly, an Ebola survivor. He was sharing his testimony with his friends at Samaritan's Purse. He based his talk on Deuteronomy 6 where God urges the fathers of Israel to remind their children of all the Lord has done for them. "I will never grow tired of talking of this,” Dr. Brantly said. “I’m going to keep telling my story, so I can remember what God has done in my life." “I want to encourage and challenge each of you,” he said. “Never think you’re just a normal person. If you’re pursuing God’s calling in your life, He will use you. Even if it’s a challenging calling, even if you find yourself in difficult circumstances, He will give you what you need to be faithful to Him, even if it’s a whole army of people praying for you.“Share your story over and over and over so you can remember we serve a mighty God.” So there you have it. I am here to share my heart, to remind myself of what I have learned, and to keep moving forward breathing out God's praises. My mantra for these past five years has been that God is good, God is faithful, and God is still God. As I am traversing this current valley, I see His hand moving, although in my humanness I wish He would speed things along just a little bit faster. He has blessed me with another army of prayer warriors who have been daily standing in the gap for me and my family. He continues to give me the strength to make it through each day even though the times appear bleak. Still, the thing that I am loving the most of His goodness is allowing me to really journey with people. These last five years have really opened my eyes to the relationships in my life. He has blessed me with some forever friends who have been there from the beginning. I have also gained some newer in-the-trenches kind of friends who are taking me to deeper levels of authenticity, and also friends that give me the opportunity to pay it forward by passing on the grace, mercy, and love that I have received and  am still receiving to this day. So Happy Five Year Anniversary to me!!!I pray that I am better both physically and spiritually than I was five years ago. I pray that my heart remains faithful through all of life's storms, and finally, I pray that the world will be changed by the word of my testimony.

Quote was taken from http://www.samaritanspurse.org/article/kent-brantly-at-samaritans-purse/

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