Catching up!

Good golly, it's been a while.

We have come catching up to do!
The last 4 weeks have been filled with so many abundant blessings. I completed my GED, got the privilege to lead a TEC weekend one some of my favorite partners-in-crime (Eth & Lish), and I got a job at Hiemstra Lawn Care in Orange City as their new office assistant.
Guys, the Lord is SO GOOD. He has been showing His faithfulness more and more every second of every day and my heart is simply awestruck.

Throughout this I've gotten a few comments such as, "Wow, you're growing up a little fast, don't ya think?" or "You just turned 18; you're too young of all of this!!"

Here's what I have to say that~

Friends, as many of you know I had to drop out of school when I was simply a sophomore in high school because of illness. I have had to and still have to suffer with knowing that I will never get to be cheering on those stands on chilly Friday nights, with knowing I will never get to go to prom with my friends, with knowing I will never get to walk across the stage to graduate with my classmates. Here's the thing; I had to grow up at a young age. I had no choice- I had to.

For years I always wished that if even for a moment, I wanted to experience a 'normal' highschool life, if only for a few hours. Last year, the Lord gifted me with a mere glimpse of what it could have been like. February 2013-July 2013 I was sent 3 very special people that, all in their own special little ways, gave me that glimpse of what a 'normal' high-school life would have been like and boy oh boy, it was great. I will never be able to thank them enough for that. As much as I didn't want it to end, those special people couldn't stick around forever. Eventually they had to go out and live their lives, too.

Slowly, my life went back to simply being 'the sick girl', and for the first time in my life, I was okay with it. You see, God gave me this glimpse of what it could have been like and that was great, but then He took me back to reality and I had to sit myself down and realize the beauty in the messed up, rollercoaster of a life that He has given me.

So, friends, yes, I agree. Maybe I am growing up, but take time to realize that this isn't a new concept to me. I am now not living an 'abnormal teenage life' anymore; I am living an 'abnormal adult life'. And that is perfectly okay with me.
I have been given a tough life to live, but I also have been given the Ultimate Healer. I may not ever be healed of these illnesses and they may hold me back from living what some say to be a normal adult life, but every day I'm watching and feeling the King of Kings heal my heart from pain of this life.


xoxo,
g.p.