Turning our blessings into praise...

I grew up in an Afrikaans / English household and belonged to a church my whole life. I went to Sunday school, was confirmed at the age of about 16 and was even one of the first female Deacons in the congregation that we belonged to as a family. And to be honest…I hated it. What I saw did not match up to what I was being taught. I felt that there had to be more to being a Christian than what I was experiencing and seeing. I visited a fairly Charismatic church called Harvest in Port Elizabeth and felt at home from the minute I walked in…a few weeks later I got saved during an evening meeting. Ever since then it has been an exciting journey with Him. I have at times loved Him desperately, ignored Him openly and simply just wandered completely off the path that He wanted me on. The biggest turning point came in 1999 when 2 days before my husband and I were due to get married, I was diagnosed with a bone marrow disease called Aplastic Anaemia. I was given 3 months to live if left untreated. So how’s that for an opening line to your fiancé? So – still want to marry me? Can’t promise I’ll be here in 6 months time… Long story short - he married me! That’s the beauty of marrying the person that God has set aside for you. But that’s another story altogether!
Basically how I came to write today’s entry is that I was listening to a song by Tree 63 (awesome band!!) this morning and the line that really touched me goes: “….You turn all my blessings into praise…”. How awesome is that? I literally threw myself on God’s mercy and grace. I believed at first that He would heal me. After showing me some truths in His Word, I started to believe that He had healed me. Notice the change in tense... I believe God wants us to know that it is done and then in faith, act as if it is done... And that was the turning point – it still took 2 years of chemotherapy and medication (sometimes up to 60 different tablets a day) and a further 5 years of remission in order to get where I am today – medically speaking completely cured! This is God – His faithfulness humbles me daily. I have no reason why He chose to save me. There were others in the hospital at the same time that did not live. I don’t know why and I will not even try to offer an explanation, but I want everyone to know what He did for me. So – turning all my blessings into praise is what today's entry (and my whole life) is about!
God is a God of miracles…even today.
Nothing is impossible with God...