Amanda's Corner

In this blog, I'm going to share my testimony; what God has done in my life. I feel like God has blessed my life in a great way!

I was born on April 1, 1997 in Beckley, WV. When I was born, I weighed 4lbs 10.8 oz and was 17 1/2 inches in length. I was a tiny little thing. I was born 3 weeks early. I was born with three holes in my heart, along with a blood clot in my umbillical cord. I had tubes, IVs, ventilators, attached to me like crazy. Miracle after miracle happened. I was supposed to have open heart surgery, but the doctors said that they were sure that the holes in my heart would fill up. My platelet count was low several times, doctors had police runs to Virginia to get platelets for me. As soon as the policemen would arrive, my platelet counts were back to normal again. (Side note, that doesn't just happen guys. God was working in my life as a newborn. How awesome is our God?!) 

I grew up in a Christian home. My mother and my father are saved Christians. I grew up being in church Sunday AM, Sunday PM, and Wednesday night. My mom and my dad were divorced when I was two years old. My mom was a single parent from the time that I was two until I was seven, when she married my step-dad. I love my step-dad so very much. He treats me like I was the child that he never had. They were married on May 1, 2004. I was the flower girl. ��

I made the most important decision of my life when I was seven years old, on August 1, 2004. I knew that I was sinner and I was in need of a Savior. I told my mom that I wanted to get saved and accept Jesus into my heart so that when I died I could go to Heaven. I could show you the exact spot that I bowed my head and my mom lead me to the Lord. In that second, Christ came into my seven year old heart and cleansed it from the darkness of sin. 

Being saved doesn't mean that once you accept Christ, life is going to be rainbows and butterflies and frolicking in the meadow. Life is life. You're going to have problems in life. 

Probably, the most difficult thing I have ever had to go through was when my dad passed away. (I know I have mentioned doing a blog on this particular topic, which I promise I am on it like white on rice.) My dad died on Friday, September 20, 2013; he was 47 years old. My dad passed away from MRSA from a brown recluse spider bite. His death was very sudden. I remember when we got the call from my Uncle Matthew, my dad's brother. He called at about 6:30 Friday morning. I didn't know it was him at the time, because I just had gotten up and was getting ready for school that day. To be honest, I didn't care who was calling because I was tired. My mom took me to school that day. She told me that she was thankful that I had my nose in my phone the entire twenty minutes to school, because she couldn't hardly look at me (I didn't know that my dad had passed away at this point in the day). I will never forget when my parents told me that he had passed away. I was sitting at my desk doing History homework. My mom came in my room, sat on my bed, asked how my day was at school, the whole mom thing. Then my step-dad, Todd, came in my room and said that they needed to tell me something. I didn't know what it was, so I was like oh okay, what is it? He came over so me, put his hand on my shoulder, and said with big, heavy tear-filled eyes,"You're dad passed away this morning between 4 AM and 6 AM." My heart sank. I couldn't even cry within the first 15 seconds, which felt like an eternity. I finally put my hands in my face and started bawling crying. I couldn't believe that he was gone. I walked over to my mom, who was on my bed, and hugged her and cried for about 45 minutes. My mom asked me if I was okay, and I said," God will never give me a trial that He knows that I can't handle." I knew that God was in control. I couldn't even be angry with God about taking him home, because I knew that I would see him again; VERY SOON. 

I wouldn't change anything if I could. Because through it all, God's been good. ♡♡

Thank you all so much for reading this blog. I pray that it has been an encouragement to you. Stay tuned for my next blog. 

Love you all. 

Amanda ♡