On a Monday morning ten years ago this past Sunday (August 12) I was rushed into emergency surgery and diagnosed with stage 2B Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. I was a lost 16 year old girl that didn’t know how deeply she needed THE Savior that day.
I firmly believe that the Lord saved my life….
…through four months of chemotherapy and a month and a half of radiation in order to save my soul almost five years later in October of 2006.
…in order to give me the gift of a husband on July 14, 2007.
…in order to bring me closer to him through the struggles of infertility, dating back to when we first started trying to conceive on December 2, 2007.
…in order to give me the opportunity of standing alongside my husband as he teaches and preaches the word of God…the word of God I didn’t personally know on August 12, 2002.
…in order to give me the honor and privilege of becoming Moriah’s mommy on January 31, 2011.
…in order to allow me to see Him in tangible ways through the completion of her adoption on May 12, 2011.
…in order to give me the opportunity of conceiving a child of my own. A baby that we lost to an ectopic pregnancy on November 9, 2011.
…in order that I might be able to meet my child in heaven one day.
…in order that I might say “Yes” to adoption one more time, only to never have the opportunity of calling that child my own.
…in order to give me the honor and privilege of becoming Kharis’ mommy on April 6, 2013 and to finalize her adoption four months later.
The Lord saved my life on August 12, 2002 in order that I might come to know Him, give Him glory through the joy and the pain of this life, and that I might magnify His name forever. This is the heart beat of my salvation.
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AMEN!!!!!
Your story sounds familiar- somewhat similar to mine.
PRAISE GOD YOU ARE HERE!!!!