One Year Later

I almost can’t believe it.

An entire 365 day cycle has turned over from the thyroid surgery on Oct 7^th, 2013.  Two days prior to my surgery I wrote in my journal…

“It’s almost overwhelming how many people are praying for me.  I feel like God is telling me that whatever happens in and as a result of Monday (my surgery day) is a part of God’s pre-determined, good plan for me.  May I have the strength and courage and faith to believe that what the difficult times come!

I’ve given post-surgery updates since my surgery in which I thank God and marvel at how He has brought healing into my life.   Now, a year later, I continue to express thankfulness for the energy and balance resulting from the surgery.  There are moments in which I am almost haunted but the memory of how things used to be…almost staggering beneath the weight of the challenge that was my “normal, everyday.”  But what haunts me more are the lessons that the difficult years and the “unknown” of the surgery pressed into my life.  They are like priceless gems that I keep pulling out to look at, watching them sparkle and never tiring of their stunning beauty.  The two that stand out to me are…..

Nothing about this (thing, unknown, person or circumstance) changes anything about God.Anticipate God’s Grace.

Like soul- tattoos, they are forever inked into my being.  And I pray that will always be the case. 

 I never want to stop being haunted by the memory of God’s faithfulness.

 I never want to forget the two-sided coin of God’s sovereign goodness. 

May I always cultivate a heart that recalls and delights in His great love for me.

 May there be many more 365 days in which I can recount God’s….what shall I call it other than shear WONDERFULNESS!