Praise God

Do you ever say to yourself "how did I get here?" No, I'm not quoting the Talking Heads song I mean it. Often times I will reflect and say wow how did I get so lucky? Or how on earth did I get here from there? I know the answers of course. Without God I would be nowhere and I would have nothing. He has blessed me with an amazing husband who is better now than he ever was back then and thank goodness He blessed me with seeing me through the 80's & early 90's. God's grace is amazing. I look at my children and wonder why He chose me to raise these beautiful creatures of His. I look at the people I'm surrounded with and wonder why He feels I deserve to be in their presence. My church is awesome and I would be lost without it and the people who make it up. Now, 15 yrs ago I never would've said any of the above. My only interest was myself. My main goal each day was to wake up without a hang-over and to have enough money to purchase the necessities for another fun-filled night of illegal activity. I was NEVER going to get married (career gal) and I was NEVER going to have kids (rug rats). I was going to travel and become a professional student. Then God introduced me to death and then my husband. I never thought I'd ever survive losing my dad to cancer when I was 23. The same year he died I met Brad. Seven years later I asked Christ to be my saviour and my life changed forever and definitely for the better. I absolutely LOVE IT when I run into old friends who I haven't seen in a while and they say "what are you up to?" ... well I'm a Christian. I accepted Christ in 1998, got married in 1999, had my daughter in 2000 and my son in 2002 oh yeah and I'm our church treasurer. Their mouths always drop and then they smile and say "no way, not you, you're lying" I love it when that happens - because then I get to share my testimony. God works in wonderful ways. And He never ceases to amaze me - through good and bad, beautiful and ugly He is always there for me and He never lets me forget it. Praise God for what He has done and continues to do for me and my family. And praise Him for all He does for everyone else too. I just hope I'm doing what He wants me to do now - because that is most important to me. Not what I want but what He wants. Thanks to Him I got from there to here. :-)

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