1 year ago today

Today is a great day.
Today is a year from the last day I was in the hospital! An entire year!! Yes I had one trip to the ER and multiple declines in health with some concern of the need for a hospital, but never admitted. That's a huge change from the 14 months prior to that when I had spent more than 3 of those months in hospitals.

I'm not improved, I'm the same. Chronic conditions don't typically "improve." It is what it is. But my not being admitted into the hospital tells me something. It tells me I've better learned how to live with this, how to manage it... when to do something, when to rest, how to "treat" the symptoms that come on. And it furthermore tells me, God's got this! It's in His hands and that's the best place for me to be.

Today I wanted to celebrate. I had a free ticket to a movie for my birthday and I rarely go to the movies anymore... 1. It's too expensive. 2. I stay away from crowds so I don't get sick. 3. When you only have so much energy, using it to go to a movie is not high on the priority list. But today I went to a movie. I wasn't going to see this one because I heard it was horrible. But I am SO glad I decided to go and SO glad I chose the movie I did.

God's NOT dead!!! It was excellent. I highly recommend it to EVERYONE. It was the perfect movie for me to see today to remember how present God is in my life every single moment of every single day. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. And boy has He ever been my strength! Praise Jesus!

You know what, I'm going to thank God right now... thank Him for all that I've been through. My struggles are actually a huge blessing. My struggles have opened my eyes to see, to believe, to have faith. My struggles have brought me closer to Him. My struggles have given me something to look back on and see how high of a mountain I climbed, and I made it. I made it with Him! No other person but Jesus Christ Himself! If I wasn't left to do it "on my own" I would have never realized it was God doing it all, I would have never thought twice to glorify HIM! Praise Jesus!

That's about all I need to say for now. God bless you all. Accept Christ as your Lord and Savior. You never know the day He will come.