Their are no words to describe the respect I have for you! I know you probably get sympathy letters and what not all the time, but I really just want to encourage you. I think before I start, I should tell you a little about me. As you know I am a fifteen year old girl (I don't really know if you know I'm a girl, but you do now:) My dad is in the military, so we are now stationed in England. My family is a family of people that shine Gods light every day, more so to me than anyone else I have ever met. I have a older brother who just turned eighteen, and my parents have been maried for nearly twenty years, and my dad still thinks that my mom is the most beautiful thing he has ever laid eyes upon. Likewise my mom acknowledges what an amazing father and husband he is everyday. I have never been beaten or abused physically of emotional, essencialy, God has blessed me with a life that any child in the world would envy. I have been homeschooled my entire life, and I am pretty sure God is wanting me to stay homeschooled, unlike my brother who now goes to the DOD school. So that is me, a God fearing fifteen year old girl who lives in England, but my life isn't perfect. I have had a bad night, and lets just say I was throwing a pitty party, but then I saw your email, and read your blog (Thank you so much for what you said!!!:), which then led me to this. I know that God has blessed me beyond belief, and you helped me remember that, so thank you! Now enough about me, first I know you will have a hard time taking me seriously:) but I can not tell you how exited I am that their is someone who shares my political views, and is not afraid to tell people how it really is. Being military this whole welfare thing effects us in a different way than it does normal people, and believe me it's not better. Anyways I just wanted to let you know where I stand, and I agree with everything that I have read on your blog so far! Now, as I said in the beggining, I have more respect for you than I could ever put into words. You are using this disease to help and incourage others! Tonight at my youth group we had a guest speaker, and he was speaking on James 1:2-4 "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials , knowing that the testing of your Faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing" The speaker was saying that he had been tested, but it was how God refined him into the gold that he should be. Now I imagine that what you are going through is the ultimate test, but what is truly amazing is that through all this, God is your rock! I can only hope that I will grow to be as strong in my faith as you are, but just to let you know, you just became a huge role model for me! I can't even imagine how life is for you, and this may be the wrong thing to say,but God bless you for having fibromyalgia. God is using you, and your disease, in extrodinary ways. He is using you to help and encourage others, and to bring people of all ages closer to God. I am going to pray for you in my nightly prayers, I am going to ask God to bless you with all the happiness in the world, because if any of his children deserve it, it is you! I will pray that one day you will be healed from this terrible disease, and I will thank God everynight for bringin you into my life, because you have helped me, helped me see how God can turn the ugliest situation into the most beautiful rainbow. A rainbow that reminds us that no matter what, God will never give us more than we can handle, and no matter what he will stick with us and help us through. I am sorry that this is so long, but I just wanted to let you know what an amzing person, and amazing child of God you are (I say children because no matter what, we are God's children, and we can always learn more from our father:) Thank you so much for shining God's light so bright, no one will ever be able to extinguish it. I will carry your story through my life, and remember that God can use anything to acomplish his goal for our life. For reminding me that God has a plan for our life, and we need to trust him! Thank you for letting God refine you into pure gold to shine for all the world to see! P.S. I have a poem called Hope that I think you might like:) |
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