So Blessed :)

So, its the night before my 17th birthday and I am being reminded of how incredibly blessed I am. Two lovely ladies just made my day with their kindness that goes farther than words can even describe.

I got the privilege of listening to three amazing services today and I am so excited to see what God is going to do through discipleship. :) After one message from Pastor Nathan on worship I can already tell a difference. And this is just the beginning.

So as I sat through service tonight I couldn't help but think- If you are still alive then God isn't done with you. He has an individual plan for each and every one of His children. Some of us have testimonies from our past that He is going to use to reach others.

Every year at this time I am reminded of how blessed I truly am.

My story may be different but it is the story that reassures me that God has a plan for my life.

I was born two months premature weighing only 3lbs 15 ounces. I was delivered by emergency c-section and rather than being placed in an incubator I was covered with a blanket and the doctor ran me to the NICU. The doctors told my parents that it was unlikely that I would survive and that if I did probably wouldn't ever walk, talk, or doing anything a normal child might do. I was born without a heartbeat and I wasn't breathing. I spent a month on a ventilator after having a pulmonary hemorrhage at a couple days old and I spent even longer in the NICU. For me to tell you this all today after living the life I have lived so far is a miracle.

In my heart I know that God has a plan for me whether I understand it or not- that or I wouldn't be here today.

Life is a journey for us all and God will always be there providing when we surrender our lives to Him. I am learning that His love is never ending. Tonight that love is what continues to give me hope.