I am more than thankful. I am humbled. In awe. More in love with God. Overwhelmed by grace. I remember lying in my hospital bed, wondering if I would make it home for Thanksgiving. At the time, it was a long ways off, but little did I know it would be just the week before,…
One of the goals that Dan and I had while in the hospital, was to shine Christ’s light in a place that is filled with difficult situations and hardships. But also God’s miracles, love, and healing. I’d love to say that it is easy, but when you are going through your own struggles, it has…
Last Thursday, I remember typing up my “Until Next Time…” post, realizing that the next time I’d blog, it would be with a reconstructed and healthy heart. And now I sit here, doing that very thing. To be able to sit here and tell you that GOD has healed my heart through the hands of…
The time has come. Sixteen years of wondering when the next surgery would be. Sixteen years of life events that have led us to a moment, such as this. Sixteen years of waiting for open heart surgery #2. I have thought often of what that day was like on Wednesday, January 17, 2001. It was…
This is probably not the cloud you are thinking of. This past weekend in Michigan, was filled with many fall clouds and rain, as the Sterks became more and more antsy to get outside. I sometimes wonder how we get through the long winter months! But I’m not talking about actual cloud cover. I’m talking…
A Christian phrase you might hear often is “it was God’s perfect timing.” I say it all the time and truly, my faith lives by that statement as well. But do I really believe and live out the testimony that this Christian phrase professes? Does my faith reflect the true reality and comfort that holds…
