that I found many blessings in disguise, have you?

"...that the Lord hath made. I will rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24

This is also the day that I did not hear from The Mayo Clinic. I was supposed to hear something by last Friday, but I heard nothing. The Mayo did call yesterday, however, just to let me know they are still waiting on some test results and would call me as soon as they had answers.

This is the day I have patience. This is the day I know God is leading the doctors to answers and I will have them soon enough. The end of the tunnel is up ahead and I'm headed straight for it.

As I wait patiently for the answers from the doctors, I think back on the journey through the tunnel. A dark miserable tunnel that has produced so many blessings. Blessings? What? Yes, that's what I said. I have had awful hives, life altering hives, life altering medication and two cancer scares in a year. Yes, I said blessings.

Ode To Hives

They came without warning
They left bruises, were itchy and red
They made me absolutely miserable
Covering me from my toes to my head.

But what they didn't count on
Is that in the midst of my misery
That God would reach down
And pour out so many blessings on me!

For while I cried out for healing
God was moving in my life
He was changing me from the inside
All the while knowing my pain, my hurt, my strife.

The doctors threw up their hands
"There's nothing more we can do"
But God was leading me
He was not through.

God opened my eyes to so many things
He blessed me greatly, and my family, too
For I am completely changed within
I am a child of God, through and through!

And if all this came about
Through a mystery that kept the doctors guessing,
I will look at this chapter in my life
As not a curse, but His great blessing!

So, when life has you down. When you pray, but don't seem to see your prayers answered. When you feel like you are drowning in everything this life has thrown at you. When you throw up your hands and say, "What next?" or "Well, it can't get any worse." When you just don't want to face another day, just think of the blessings in your life. God is there, I assure you.

I heard a song that touched me greatly and hope to sing it one day. Here are a few words from the song "Blessings" by Laura Story:

We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe

When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know the pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is not our home
It's not our home

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
And what if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching(s) of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy
And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are Your mercies in disguise

So look back on your life. The good times and bad. What miracles did God work for you? What prayers did He answer for you? Do you remember them? All the time? Oh, how easy it is to forget all the miraculous things God did for us! All I have to do is look at my scars. I have accumulated quite a few over the past year. They are beautiful to me! They remind me of the amazing miracles God gave me! Never forget what God has done! He loves you and He shows you all the time! Are you seeing it? Do you have the faith that opens your eyes and heart to these miracles?

While I think about my miracles, I am humbled. He did all this for me? What can I do to repay Him? This is yet to be determined. Going to church and studying God's word is helping me to be open to His plan for me. If you don't have a church home, please, please find one. This has really been on my heart. What are we doing to serve Him and thank Him for all He has done? Also, is the God we worship and thank on Sunday, the same God we are TGIF'ing on Friday? "Let Others See Jesus In You," was my grandfather's favorite hymn. I have found myself singing this to myself quite a lot lately. Do others see Jesus in you? Are we as quick to share our blessings and miracles as we are to complain?

Don't miss out on a wonderful opportunity to serve the God that has so richly blessed you! I can never return the favor, but I can sure try.

Over the past year, my friends have often said, "I know when I talk to Krissy, there is always something new." Well, boy are they right. Except now, that something new isn't a new ailment, it's my soul.

"This is the day that the Lord hath made. I will rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24