18th Anniversary~~A Letter to You
Wanting all my friends to read
about my 18th Anniversary~~~
so they can learn the best is yet to come.
God Bless and remember........
U R Loved.
Eighteenth Anniversary
Today is my 18th Anniversary, and I'm celebrating!!!
It is not the anniversary of a great marriage, or endless love, or some great literary feat. NO, it's much more important than any achievement or emotional response to life.
It is the anniversary of my heart attack and bypass surgery.
You see, I was a Christian before that all happened, but not to the depth and breadth and, yes, LOVE for my family and friends that has been my lesson and my treasure since.
The Lesson, while painful, sometimes frightening, and always difficult was to learn and keep on learning, every day, sometimes, to trust in the Lord, for He and He ALONE is the essence of Mercy, the pillar of Strength, the purveyor of Grace. The painful part was learning that no matter how much I was hurting, the Lord was hurting too. He was beside me, guiding Angels of mercy to attend to me, touching me through nurses, doctors, my precious daughter, Mom, sisters and friends, easing my pain through His Holy Spirit and through prayers.
The strength part came in increments as my body mended from the onslaught of surgery, hypothermia, stopped heartbeat, torn stitching requiring yet another surgery to correct. The Grace part came with the slow understanding that Jesus died for me, and if it had only been me to save, HE STILL WOULD HAVE SUFFERED AND DIED.
Praise God, the LOVE part comes much easier; for if I can accept God's LOVE for me, how can I in any way refuse to love those He puts in my path? And when I think of how far I have come in these 18 years, the friends I have made, the journey takes on new meaning for me. It is the love I have received, not the love that I have given, that has enriched my life so much!!! You simply cannot out give LOVE. The more you share, the more you receive, and my cup overflows.
This brings me back to the three things that I KNOW FOR SURE:
1.   LOVE IS ETERNAL
2.   GOD IS IN ALL THE DETAILS OF LOVE
3.   LOVE IS THE ANSWER NO MATTER WHAT THE QUESTION
And that is what I wanted to share with you today.
I LOVE YOU!!!!!
God Bless and remember……………….
U R Loved
karen
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