Here is to Year 34 for Me!

I am officially in the last week of being 33 years old. I have just been thinking on and off all day of everything the Lord brought me through over the last 33 years... 34 surgeries/procedures, multiple hospitalizations, deep depression, loss of loved ones, multiple diagnosis's of incurable diseases, the list could go on... but most importantly God has brought me through victorious and healed, as I am confident of who I am in HIM. I continually overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of my testimony! I am most thankful that I have grown in Him, that I have went through the refiner's fire, though painful at the time, and laid down sins and habits and separated myself from the ways of this sinful world; learning what means to live sanctified and separated from the ways of the world. I am thankful for the ministry opportunities He has given me thus far, and I am thankful for the lessons learned. I know everything that I have come through and all the healing I have experienced is because Jesus chose the cross, the Bible says that He could have called 10,000 angels to His rescue but praise God, He became sin, who knew no sin, so I could become His righteousness, so that I could become saved, healed, delivered, and set free through His sacrifice, suffering and death on the cross! I am looking forward to year 34, more opportunities to minister for my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, as I continue growing in Him, serving, worshipping, praising, and living for Him until I see Him face to face.