Monica's Impact for My Life

Monica's testimony has definately made me look at my life in a whole new way. I have always known that the Lord had a plan for me, but Monica opened my eyes to how different that plan might be. Jesus decided to let me live when others didn't think I would make it. My parents knew that each day was special with me and that the Lord must have a plan for my life because of His many good works (even if they seemed hard at times, they were to test my faith, and like Monica said in her testimony, from Jeremiah 29:11, The Lord knows what he plans for you...to give you a hope and a future). I have been blessed at being able to live to see another day (as we all are but I feel with the complications from my birth as well as the many surgeries and procedures I have had, have opened my eyes to know that the Lord desires me to live for Him even more than I could ever imagine). She talked about her near death experience as a child and how she struggled with knowing that He could have taken her then, so why now? when she has so much to live for...her young children, her husband, but most importantly for the Lord? She reached a point that opened her eyes and heart to see that this was the Lords desire for her life. To be able to reach those who were unreachable through the circumstances placed in her life, to be able to serve the Lord through this otherwise painful time, knowing that the cancer would take her life in the end. It is such an overwhelming blessing to know that through all this pain and suffering that she viewed this not as the Lord punishing her but as his loving will for her life. God sent His perfect Son to die on the cross (John 3:16) for everyone, for all the sins of the world, so that we would know Him and accept Him into out hearts as our Lord and Savior, so that we could live with Him forever. So how then can we complain when we suffer, because didn't Jesus suffer the worst of all? The weight of the world on His shoulders and we complain if the house is dirty, dishes and/or laundry are undone, someone walks in the house and tramples mud on the floor, and the list goes on and on...so where do we go from here?... I say, thank the Lord each day that he gives us, it is another one we might not have, so live it entirely for Him. How? The Lord desires the same by all, that we live our life for Him, however, that will look differently for each...so seek the Lord by reading His Word (the Bible), pray that he opens your eyes and heart to know and live His Truth, Walk the Walk, and Talk the Talk, but in everything (whether it seems good or bad) trust the Lord because (Jeremiah 29:11) He knows the plans he has for you,...to give you a hope and a future.