He is doing a lot better, he’s back from the brink which is AMAZING because it was a scary couple of days where his temp was so high it was worrying as to how long he’d last. He was very cheery, but a little tired and fed up of being couped up inside the ward for a week…

Thank you all so so much for your prayers! Our whole family appreciates it, and my dad sends his love and appreciation to you all! :) When I get to see him next, I will try and get a picture of he and I together to show you, hopefully when he eventually gets home again! 

He’s able to stand and walk around a little now since the operation and he is okay to wash himself etc.. It’s great to see the life back in his cheeks! Thank you all again, so much!

[[[Also, just a little thing: Something crazy happened on visiting today involving one of the other patients using a zimmer frame to smash through the double plated windows on my dads ward on the 7th floor to try and jump out because he wanted to go home… Dad managed to get him to stop eventually and security guards and nurses calmed him down and such… was very scary, but he’s okay now too.]]]

But when she  was born she was very ill. She was born with the cord wrapped tightly around her neck, strangling her till she turned blue and couldn’t breathe. Thankfully, the doctors acted quickly to pull her lifeless body out and resuscitate it.

When she was just a couple of months, she feel incredibly ill and the doctors really had no hope for her on surviving, and when her heart stopped they were at a loss, and thought she was a goner. No one knew what would happen, but all expecting that this little girl would not be able to be brought back from the brink of death.

God, however, was not about to let one of his children to go. To the surprise of everyone, she came back, making a full recovery even when they thought there was no way of resuscitating or saving her. God however, knew just how to do this; saving her in more than just one way. 

Her life was changed immensely from this day forward. There was a high chance of her suffering from a mental or physical disability due to the fact her brain was starved of oxygen when her body started to die, but nothing significant seems to have been effected, by the grace of God! She has a slight neurological problem, which may have been due to this early trauma however it’s not been proven as is only a minor bother.

Other than that and a few more hiccups along the way, she is a healthy and happy almost 18 year old. 

She wouldn’t have made it if it wasn’t for the hands of God that kept her safe and healed her broken body and mind. She wouldn’t have made it if God hadn’t set out more plans for her life; given her a purpose and a reason to be on this earth. A reason to pull through and survive.

She has battled with various illnesses throughout her life, including developing rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 9, which she was healed from at the age of 16 by God’s grace.

Each year, when her birthday comes round, people ask her what is the best thing about the year that has past; and her answer? The fact that God has kept her going, throughout everything that has happened in her life. All the illness and pain as well as the personal battles she’s had to fight, God has been in all of them. There have been many other times where God could have taken her life, but he hasn’t taken those opportunities? Why? Because he has a plan for her. And she is so incredibly greatful for this, especially as she gets conformation everyday because by the grace of God, she is still able to wake up each morning.

He has a plan for me. 

He has a plan for all of us. 

18 years later than my birth, I still know God has a purpose for my life. Yeah, I may be in pain sometimes, or feel tired or sick, but I would rather feel this than the numbness of not knowing that God has a purpose for my life and he is preparing me for that, every waking moment of my life; just like he has for you.

God bless! 

Again. The love and power of God’s provision has made itself clear in my life and in that of my family also. I can not even begin to explain how much he provides for us! 

Again, as some of you may know, our boiler died last week and so we’ve had a house where there is no heating and so we’ve been living, at times, in below freezing temperatures. 

Today the boiler man came out to try and fix it again, but we knew it would cost even more money this time to fix it. We had no money to give him for it just yet and so we had to write a cheque in faith that we will get the finance to pay for it. 

Today, through the door, came an envelope. Blank. and inside was just enough money to cover the cost of the boiler. 

Lord, thank you so much! I can’t even explain how happy I was, I rang my mum and told her, and I started crying. I was late to my lesson as well but I don’t really care because I was too overwhelmed by God’s grace and provision! 

Hallelujah! :D Thank you, Lord!

After returning home from our weekly home group church meeting, I had time to reflect on what happened tonight. It was incredible. We had a great time of worship and praising God for a good 45 minutes non stop! Then we followed with a word and a few questions about the passage we had been looking at on Sunday and THEN! We split into two smaller groups of 5 and prayed for each other, however by the time the other group finished, It was my turn, so in this crowded small living room, my small group all bunched in and prayed for me and over me.

It is sage to say that I am pumped up and ready to take on anything with God by my side. I had prophesies and words of guidance and direction, pictures and visions. It was perfect. God has revealed so much to me tonight and I can not wait for tomorrow! I want to shout it out. I was in tears in the middle of the room, shaking and just completely overwhelmed by God’s love and hold on me - it was almost tangible. 

I could feel hands all over my back and arms, on my shoulders and occassionally on my head, but most of all I could feel a deep bounding reverbarating through my heart. I was stunned. I was happy! I was being filled a new.

Hallelujah! 

SATAN! COME AT ME WITH ALL YOU HAVE! I CAN TAKE IT. I CAN PUSH YOU DOWN AS MY GOD DEFEATED YOU. YOU HAVE NO HOLD ON ME. I AM GOD’S CHILD AND I AM NOT A PAWN IN YOUR PATHETIC GAMES!!! 

I have so much to be thankful for. 

Lord, today you have brought back to me, one of my best friends! I am so so so thankful!!! :D

That is the power of God.

I am so unbelievably excited about tomorrow.

Tomorrow is only a day away, but it’s still my future. People think that knowing their future would be so much easier, so that they know where they’re going in life, and what will happen to them, but in essence, tomorrow is still the future, because it’s not the past and it’s not the present. 

God’s plans for the rest of your life could start tomorrow, Monday, or even in 25 years, only God knows, so there is no need to be anxious.

I’ve always wanted to know what my future holds, I pray and ask god about it a lot, but do you know what I hear? Nothing. Why? Not because God is being selfish and not telling me, it’s because I am being selfish - what right do I have to know my future, I’ll find out anyway - Worrying about it is just a way of showing God that you don’t trust him with his judgement on our lives, and that we have to know so we can make everything the way WE want it to be.

Recently I have realised that by not worrying about the future and just leaving it all in God’s hands, I have become to get more answers. I have stopped trying to control my own life and destiny and give it up to my father in heaven to lead me where ever he wants me to go. 

I’ve always thought, ‘God doesn’t have a plan for me obviously, otherwise, I would know what I want to do with my life’ when in actual fact, that’s one of the biggest lies I used to tell myself each day. He does have plans, for every single one of us, it’s just the timing and being patient is a much better approach than worrying about it..

SO! 

If you’re worrying about anything to do with your future and the plans God has for you, don’t fret, for our God is awesome. 

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. - Jeremiah 29:11

If you need prayer or have a question, don’t hesitate to drop something by my ask, I won’t publish it, but I can answer it privately for you. Or you can just go Anon. No matter what you do, I promise to pray for you. 

God bless x

Love yourselves. 

There is nothing more important than to learn to love yourselves for who you are. For all of your ‘flaws’ are not flaws at all. ‘Ugliness’ is merely when you are believed to be lacking in beauty, and no one, yes, NO ONE, is lacking in beauty for we were all created in the image of God! 

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This word ugliness is a ‘creation’ that has adapted from the devil and the expansion of sin across our world, another one of his crafty tricks to make us all believe we are not beautiful, or worth anything - even in God’s eyes. That we are not desired, But I call all of you now to know, YOU are loved, YOU are chosen and yes, YOU are desired by the Lord our God in heaven!

His face looks down on us with such happiness and love, and he delivers new waves of mercy to us every day… We are beautiful people, beautiful creations and all of us are fearfully and wonderfully made!

The world may tell you that you are ugly, that you’re too fat, too thin, too broad,  too short, too tall, to curvy, too narrow or too wide, not muscular enough or not pretty enough but do not listen to these lies!

You my dear friend are perfect, both inside and out. The views of the world should not impact our hearts as they should delight in the Lord, not delight in pleasing the worldly views…

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Love because he first loved us - not just in an emotional or spiritual way, but also, in the physical way, as he first loved the way we are, we too shall love our selves. Casting out the demons of self loathing and hatred, and detest of our bodies, and we should learn to love our bodies, after all they are gifts and temples.

If you love your body, as it is the temple of God, just imagine, if this is what our physical bodies look like - imagine how inticate and beautiful our spiritual bodies are…

Yes, for it says in the bible, Man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart. You are beautiful both inside and out, the way you are, the way you conduct yourself should show the love and beauty of God - therefore, making you beautiful too! 

Beauty does not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair, the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes, Instead it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit that is of GREAT WORTH in God’s sight… 1 Peter 3: 3-4

God bless you beautiful people! x