2012 has been good so far. Nothing great or nothing terrible according to the world, but God's goodness in each day has been present in so many ways! Thankfully, I am not trying to live up to the world's standards, but the authority of God.
Several things have happened this year, but today as I start, I will concentrate on what happened today...what prompted me to write my first blog entry.
I learned tonight that a relative of an old friend died due to an undetected blood clot. This saddens me for this family. This also connects with me on a deeper level because I too have had a blood clot. My situation was very serious (if you know me, you've probably heard this story, which is so much of my life story). Since I had my initial blood clot in the spring of 2001, I have heard occasional stories of someone dying due to a blood clot. Each story touches me. Each story has caused me to stop and be extra thankful that day to the Lord that I am okay now.
Tonight was different. Tonight, I am thankful that I don't suffer like I have in the past. But tonight, for the first time, I am thankful for the pain. I am thankful for the intense pain I endured in March 2001. I am thankful for the physical signs the Lord allowed my body to have so that I knew there was a need to see a doctor. I am thankful I suffered, so that I may experience healing and life. I am thankful that that the Lord can still use an experience that happened to me almost 11 years ago and teach me something new tonight. I am thankful that He can use events that happened over 2000 years ago and teach me something today (specifically stories from Daniel of God's presence in the fire and the actions of His faithful followers). I am thankful that in my life, I suffer so He can once again show Himself faithful, and powerful in my life to bring glory to Himself. I am thankful for healing and abundant life on earth and eternal life with Him.
I am thankful to kiss my husband goodnight and love on our sweet daughters. I am thankful to share my story with anyone who is suffering and needs encouragement and realization they are not alone.
"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through the fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you." Isaiah 43:2
"But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods." Daniel 3:25
"For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us." Romans 8:18
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