Saturday I moved back into my dorm. Sunday I returned to Englewood Baptist Church, and the first song I sang was Victory in Jesus! Irony? I think not.
I am back! God has been gracious to me beyond imagination in the last three days. For two months, God said “no” to every request I gave him. But, I trusted God that eventually he would say “yes” again. He has indeed. Today I got an email from my doctor, and I am officially immune to mono and I’m free of that virus! I have returned to the only place I feel completely free, and it is a beautiful feeling.
Sunday, I leaned over to Molly in church and whispered, “It’s about time I had some victory!”
The Lord has tested me, tried me, and stretched me in the last two months. It has been the hardest situation I’ve ever faced. I was trapped in a rotation of bad circumstances. I don’t know exactly what God was trying to teach me because it came in such a variety of ways. However, I know there was a purpose, and I will try to let God’s work be evident.
Now I am back, and I am more thankful than ever to have friends, Molly, and a place to call home. It’s good to be back, Union! I promise to appreciate the daily blessings that I have here. I plan to give my all, even if my all is not what it once was. Life will be different from now on. I have a new normal. But praise God I can finally say that life IS normal again. The Lord works in mysterious ways. I promise I know this better than most.
I have not beaten Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. But I have decided not to give up, and to do everything in my power to live life to the fullest. Here’s to a great semester! Roll Tide. God bless.
In Christ,
Rom 12:1-2
Stephen Hauss