My Story-October 28

So as many of you know by now, October 28, is a special day for me. It’s the day that I celebrate my “Survivalversary”, the anniversary of the day my life drastically changed forever. I am so grateful, because instead of my family visiting a cemetery on this day, celebrating the life I once lived, and solemnly acknowledging my death, I am afforded the opportunity to celebrate more life, and another year that God has kept me in the land of the living.

What happened to me, was deemed a “freak accident” by one of my doctors. All of my doctors agreed, it was something that should have never happened to someone my age, and with the good health report and history that I had. Let’s not mention the fact, that in January of that very same year, I was prophesied to, by a trusted prophet and family friend, who spoke over me and said, “God had great purpose for my life”. I would have never imagined that by the end of the year, 10 months after that prophesy went forth, that I would be in a coma, in ICU, with a pronounced death sentence given by the doctors. To my surprise, that’s the situation that I was in. But how could that be? How could God have great purpose for my life, and doctors are looking at me: unresponsive, with blood clots all over my brain, telling my parents to “consider the quality of life they wanted me to have” and to prepare for my untimely demise.

Isn’t it funny how God’s method and process of doing things is completely different from ours. When I was told “God had great purpose for my life”, I was thinking, my life is about to go up from here lol. It was a natural instinct for me to think, things were just going to get better. I never imagined that His “great purpose” for my life, involved me being on Life-Support, not being able to walk, talk, or eat and being that close to death. However, I’m grateful He had a purpose, and He had plans to use me for His glory, from the very foundations of the earth. That is so humbling to me. Honestly, I don’t know why God chose me. Out of all the people in this world, to perform a miracle of this magnitude, is completely astonishing. I’m so incredibly grateful that He did!

Upon my recovery, I was mandated by my spiritual leaders to share my testimony. My District

Elder, my Pastor, and my beloved Father and Chairman Deacon (rest in peace) all told me this was something I needed to do! The weight and responsibility of it all was so heavy. Not to

mention the intense pressure I felt in regard to speaking in front of others, a childhood insecurity that I still wasn’t quite over. But as Shakespeare says, “Heavy is the head, that wears the crown”. With such an incredible miracle and blessing, comes great responsibility and accountability. So, this would be a task that I would have to muster up the strength and the courage for, as He did spare my life, which was the very least that I could do.

Naturally, being a shy girl, I was thankful for the miracle; but I wasn’t trying to tell everybody

my story. I am incredibly bashful and timid at times, so this idea of talking and sharing my story with other people, left me anxious, nervous, and even fearful and afraid. And if I’m completely honest, a part of me was also embarrassed. While I never questioned “why me?” throughout the entire ordeal, when thinking of sharing my story with others, there was a sense of shame. How could something of this magnitude happen to me and now I have to recover in front of an audience. People gawking and whispering, was definitely a concern of mine at one time. All of these feelings were misguided fears and intimidating thoughts, used to limit me and the work God had for me to do. I gained perspective and quickly got over that, and now I feel like it’s my duty to share what great things God has done, through this miracle.

The purpose of this blog is to ultimately tell my story, sharing my testimony of all the wonderful things God has done in my life, with hopes you’re persuaded to believe God to do great things for you as well. I also want to urge you to believe that miracles are still possible. God is still capable of doing the impossible in our lives, if we only believe and trust in Him.

I hope this blog encourages, motivates, uplifts, and inspires you. My desire is for you to be

better, to go farther, and to reach your dreams, even the ones that seem difficult and impossible. I truly hope you overcome every obstacle, setback, and failure that has hindered your process, and that my story can inspire you to look to God in your time of need. I truly desire to be a blessing to you and that my testimony ignites something within you. Most importantly, I hope we all grow closer to God. I am a witness that God is truly capable of doing the impossible, and I’m expecting Him to do a lot in all of our lives. Looking forward to all of the amazing praise reports soon to come.