Courage to Tell My Story
I was inspired to write this because of our church's MOPS chapter. This month's theme was "Courage to Tell Your Story," and falls under this year's theme, "Be You, Bravely." Thank you for inspiring me to share this testimony. I did not see God’s purpose in all the suffering until over a decade later, in the cold, dark abyss of Eastern Russia. Twelve years ago, I was a tiny, energetic, beautiful 22-year old with stars in my eyes. I was an on-air personality for a national radio conglomerate and was going to be the NEXT Katie Couric. I had the world by a string….until one fateful day when a host of medical problems stopped me in my tracks. Three kidney stones, a horribly traumatic infection and a blood clot left me a miniscule of my former self. I was broken. What I did not know then is that God had greater plans for my life than even I could envision. In the book of Jeremiah, it is written,"For I know the plans I have for yo