Thriving is Living out my Faith Daily

This is a necessary, but difficult post to write. I hope you all will read and when you do: please understand this is my heart/faith on display for the world and be kind. It has been suggested, to me not for the first or last time unfortunately, my condition is a punishment from God. How? I was born with my condition. A literal newborn me being punished by God? NO. The same is true for my parents.

Mama contracted Listeria bacteria while pregnant with me. That is a bacteria found in undercooked protein (usually). Listeria can also be found in imported cheeses and many other foods. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) questioned mama multiple times once she was better after delivering me. No one still has any idea where the Listeria came from. As far as anybody knows/can determine she and I are the only people impacted by that Listeria outbreak.

Punished? We were not supposed to survive let alone thrive, but we did and are. All of what I have shared here, so far, is medical truth. It is more than medical truth; however, it is proof of how big God is to me as well. How am I so sure of that? I am living, breathing, talking, thriving, proof. It is also Gospel based. What do I mean? These verses are what I mean.

 John 9:1-3 (NIV): “As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. ² His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”³ “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him” (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John 9%3A1-3&version=NIV). These verses apply to my parents and I as well. They apply to my life. I know for sure they do. How am I so sure you may wonder.

I am sitting here typing this to share with the world, as part of my God given purpose, and part of my job. These words are being written to share with the world, on the blog I own, allowing me to educate tens of thousands of people and counting about my condition. I have never met most of them. If that is not proof, I have my condition not as punishment but to make the world better through sharing the grace, I have been given by, the God and Jesus I know; I am confused as to what is. My faith is strong and much more than words. Every day when I choose to do my best to thrive, over and over; and choose to share with that looks like with the world: I am living out my faith to the best of my ability.