From Darkness came a Miracle by Guest Blogger Shelly Wedge
It is my honour to be a guest blogger this week. I’m a big fan of Mona’s blogs and I look forward to reading them each week. Thank you Mona for this opportunity!
First I would like to start off by saying that I hope everyone is staying safe right now. We are living in different times that have changed our daily habits and our priorities. All of us have had to adjust and make accommodations and are doing the best we possibly can.
This week has been challenging for our family as we have had to deal with the passing of my stepdad in the middle of all of this. It’s hard enough in the best of time’s but as I know that others have experienced this as well it is not easy during these times and I grieve with those who have faced this as well.
This brings me to where our faith comes in and our total trust in God.
God has a plan for each of our lives. His plan is perfect and we need to follow his will.
About a year and a half ago I began what I will call “my own spiritual journey. “
I had a major health crisis that changed my life forever. This crisis took me to the depths of despair. It made me question everything in my life both good and bad and stripped me down to the core of my being.
There was no other way to go, other than up. I could not possibly sink down any further. It wasn’t until I totally let go and surrendered myself to God that I was slowly able to climb back up. I did not do this alone and there were trials, struggles and questions every day.
I had to take a good look a real look at myself and decide how I wanted to move forward in my life.
With God’s help and the help of my family and friends I was able to recover. The physical part was very difficult for me. The spiritual part was as well. I believe now that God allowed me to be incapacitated so that I had no other choice but to be still and lean on him. Being still is not in my DNA. Let’s just leave it at that.
God taught me many lessons and that was just the beginning
It is my privilege to share this experience with you through my book that I wrote throughout this experience.
“From Darkness came a Miracle”
This is my journey and my hope is that you will find it inspiring. If you are not walking close to God or are facing trials I hope you will feel lifted up and empowered to trust God to allow change in your life.
By leaning on God, no matter what happens in our life, we are able to get through it. God teaches us so much in trials that we could not possible learn any other way.
I have great hope for the future. Even with the world is as it is now, I’m grateful for my life and I’m grateful for the lessons learned every day.
I know that God is my Father and he will never even leave me. I can never be alone because he is always there.
If you would like to make comments or share your story or just vent, I encourage you to do this in my Facebook page.
From Darkness came a Miracle.
We can share and support one another even during these uncertain times.
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Shelly, her husband George and two children, Magenta and Jake are members of Amberlea. They have been instrumental in the creation and success of the Exceptional Families Program at Amberlea.