to me!
today marks one year of blogging for me.
when i started this blog a year ago it was a way for me to get my thoughts, feelings and memories down in writing and became a great way to express myself therapeutically.
Then after my kidney's failed it turned into a way to keep friends, family and strangers updated with out having to make a hundred (or so) phone calls a day. And also a great way to relay prayer requests.
Today it is (at least I think it is) a true testament of God's unfailing love and goodness. When you read this journey from beginning to end, which I know many of you have, how can you not see the love of God unfolding before our very eyes? This story has come full circle; from a major loss to a major gain. All within a year.
It seems to me like now would be the perfect time to end this blog. To leave it with the "happily ever after' ending. But then I remember this isnt just a story, its my life and life keeps on living no matter what. And God's name is to be praised no matter what.
The song "Our Hope Endures" by Natalie Grant is the story of my life this past year. Natalie reads my blog and wrote it for me. Ok, so maybe that last part is not entirely true but it could be.
Please read the words, I have a feeling you will find the message it gives oddly familiar.
You would think only so much can go wrong
Calamity only strikes once
And you assume this one has suffered her share
Life will be kinder from here
Oh, but sometimes the sun stays hidden for years
Sometimes the sky rains night after night
When will it clear?
But our Hope endures the worst of conditions
It's more than our optimism
Let the earth quake
Our Hope is unchanged
How do we comprehend peace within pain?
Or joy at a good man's wake?
Walk a mile with the woman whose body is torn
With illness, but she marches on
Oh, 'cause sometimes the sun stays hidden for years
Sometimes the sky rains night after night
When will it clear?
But our Hope endures the worst of conditions
It's more than our optimism
Let the earth quake
Our Hope is unchanged
Emmanuel, God is with us
El Shaddai, all sufficient
We never walk alone
And this is our hope
But our Hope endures the worst of conditions
It's more than our optimism
Let the earth quake
Our Hope is unchanged
God is faithful to us, we will never walk alone. If we just endure our hope in Him even through the worst of conditions he will be our Emmanuel, and our El Shaddai.
Emmanuel, God is with us!
El Shaddai, all sufficient!
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your prayers throughout this past year.
(goodness gracious that is embarrassing)
thank-you so much.
