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| Hey!?C'mere.?There's a friend of mine that I'd like you to meet.?Her name is Melissa, although she goes by "Angel" here on the 'Space.?Even though I've only known her for a few short months, I think that's a pretty apt name, personally.?She's 27 years old, single (although currently dating a really great guy who is also a wonderful Christian in his own right) and lives in New York.I honestly forgot how we came to know one another; if I friend requested her, or if she did me.?What I do remember were all the positive, kind, encouraging, loving, Godly comments that she would leave on my blogs, page, and messages.?I remember thinking something like "What a great young Christian woman she's got an awesome future ahead of her!?One day after getting a particularly nice comment, I went to her page to get a better feel for who this person is.?I looked at her pictures and commented to Linda "Man, she's gorgeous!?She could model"When I made such a comment to her, I discovered that she did, indeed, used to do that.Then one day I saw a bulletin post that said Melissa was going to be going for surgery.Surgery??On what??I messaged her with my query, and she responded that she was having kidney surgery.?I was shocked.?I never knew she had any physical problems?I went back to her pictures and keyed in on one that I hadn't really paid that much attention to before.It was entitled simply:
"HAVING SOME FUN BEFORE DIALYSIS"Here is her story, in her own words:"I will start with my testimony.?When I was 14, I lost my dad in a car accident and I was totally devastated, we were so close and I could not understand how a loving God could just take someone that I loved so much away from me. ?Actually that was when I started writing; it helped me deal with my emotions.?I was so very mad at God for doing this to me and my family. |
| ?I was so very mad at God for doing this to me and my family.Then when I was 16 I met this young man who later on turned out to be my soul mate.?Jeff kind of took me under his wing and guided me in the right direction.?He forced me to go to church one day with him and told me I needed to talk to God.?Thru Him I would see that He didn't take my dad away from me that He just took him home with him and that one day I would see him again.?Jeff just had a way about himself that made me keep going back week after week to church.?After going for a year I realized that church is where I felt the most peace and realized I had to put my faith in God and let Him into my life.?That was when I was 17 and the Lord has worked in my life in so many ways.?He has shown me that you never lose someone you love.?Jeff and I grew to love one another more than just friends and if it were not for him I might still be just a drifter.?Jeff and I got engaged to be married when I was 21 and I lost him in a car accident just like my dad.?I am thankful for the time I had him in my life and he will always have a special place in my heart until the day we come together again.?I know God had something special planned for Jeff and my dad and I accept his loss knowing one day we will meet again.I believe God doesn't give us things we can not handle.?I have been diabetic since I was 6 years old (insulin dependant).?Just recently I had a kidney transplant and since that time my body has been rejecting it due to an illness that I was diagnosed with called aplastic anemia.?It has to do with your blood cells being all too low.?Since that time I have been going for blood transfusions twice a week and dialysis as well.?My immune system is unable to fight off infections so I can use all the prayer that I can get.?I have some good days and some bad days but God helps me get thru it all.?I have faith that I will be cured because I believe in miracles.?I read my Bible daily and it gives me the strength I need to keep going.?I have an amazing family and friends who are there for me at all times.God is amazing and He did not die for our sins needlessly if that's not LOVE I don't know what is. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 17 July 2008 )
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