Originally Posted: Random Act of Love

***When I came back to Chicago nearly 3 years ago for my surgery, I started a blog as one place all family and friends could go to read updates on my health. I then realized it was also a way of promoting awareness. Shortly after that, I started a second blog, for the purpose of sharing my faith. As time went on, I became convicted about something.

It was wrong of me to separate the two, as my faith, Jesus, is the absolute reason for my strength in getting through this. I could not exclude Him from my health blog even if others suggested to do so. Thus, I started talking more about my faith on my main blog. Now, many times, it's more about Him than me, which is where I came up with the current title 'About Me, Not About Me'. This story may be about me, but really it's not about me, it's about Him. That old blog still sits out there no longer being used. So I decided over time I will begin to move those posts from there to here to have everything in one place.

In just beginning to read some of my first posts, I've realized the amount of work God has truly done in me. A lot of times we hate the journey and want to get to our next destination, but it is in that very journey that God molds you into who He created you to be. Enjoy each mile of your own journey and know that God is working through you if you let Him.***

Originally Posted: August 4, 2013
Random Act of Love

When I was in the hospital for surgery I decided to do something. I read something that was inspiring. So I took it and taped it on a random page on the daily calendar hanging in the hospital room. My thought was that God would place a specific person in that room on that day who needed to read that message. I wanted to provide some encouragement to them, because I know how tough being in the hospital and being sick can be. This led me to want to do more.

I had three separate hospital stays even though it was just a couple days in between each one from March-April. Each time I requested that the Chaplain visit me and each time without request the Chaplain brought me a Bible. Two were the same, one was different. I didn't need two of the same Bibles, so I took one and placed it in a drawer of the night stand in the room and added a note on top of it. Again, my hope is that God leads the right person to pick that up and that it brings joy to their day.

Then when I was staying in the hotel with my parents for a wedding, I again wrote a small note of encouragement and left it hidden. Maybe housekeeping will find it, maybe a guest will find it... but I know again it will be the person God leads to be inspired by those words.

I decided I wanted to keep doing this. I will never know who picks it up, if and how it affects them. But knowing that I could possibly lead someone to Jesus is all I need to keep me wanting to do this. Since I physically can't do nearly what I would like to, this is my very tiny way of doing a simple random act of kindness... better yet, random act of love. God's love. I've recently started a few other things too but I'll speak of those at a later time.

So today, I was reading a book from the library. As I flipped the pages guess what I found? A note from someone!!! The person says they are praying for whoever reads this, that this book may bless that person and inspire them to devote their life to God. Signed- Sister in Christ. Amazing!


Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back. Luke 6:38