Hello all, I hope that you are all well, and firstly I would like to apologize for the tardiness of this post. The month of February has been full of a lot of ups and downs for me, and it’s been hard for me to write about. I’m getting back on track, and I appreciate your patience.
February 15th marked the first anniversary of my sister’s death. Michelle was a great person, with a great heart full of compassion. She spent most of her life caring for others as a nurse, doing pediatrics and home health care. Michelle and I were very alike in a lot of ways, which is probably why we didn’t always get along the best, but I loved her and we all miss her dearly. I look forward to the day when I will again walk with her and my parents on the streets of Heaven someday.
A couple of weeks ago, we held a “Hearts for Haiti” fundraiser and I was overwhelmed by the response I had. The number of people that volunteered, donated items for the silent auction and showed up to eat and wish me well has touched me more than I can say. I’ve wasted a lot of my life telling myself, and being told by others, that I’m really just not that much of a person. That I don’t really matter. These feelings are something that I have fought with and against for a long time, and the outpouring of love and support I have received from my church family have meant more to me than I can ever say. God has truly blessed me with a wonderful church family, and I thank Him for them daily. As I prepare for my service for the Lord, I know they will be alongside of me, covering me in prayer.
I am truly blessed indeed!
“But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." ~ Ephesians 2:4-10 NIV
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