Age 4 excursion

Many people and friends have asked me why I believe in God. Apart from all the 'generic' reasons - because He is AWESOME! - because He chose me - because His grace is irresistible - i was raised in a christian home (SUPER crucial) - i've always referred back to one incident in my life that i can remember very scarcely, but God was TRULY in that place, and provided one of the BIGGEST answers to prayer ever in my life! Thanks to godly parents, I'm alive and well today, all because of their faith, hence why I said above that being raised in a christian home was SUPER crucial. Ok. to the story.

Around the age of 4 (sorry if I'm wrong :P), I got a form of the flu. A symptom being the swelling of internal organs. The organ of mine that decided to swell was my heart. It didn't stop there either - it continued to swell until it eventually ripped, leaving me in line for surgery within the month, or it wouldn't be good, we'll just leave it at that. Thats what the doctors said. Over the next month, my parents prayed very hard, like they always do, the prayer warriors that they are, and at my return to the doctors room, they wanted to make sure that they didn't open me up to find everything was OK. I can remember sitting in a room with those suction cup readers on my chest, telling my mom i was scared they would hurt when they'd come to pull them off. I was not aware in the least bit that i had an abnormal heart condition. The doctors came back in, and by the grace of God I don't have a scare on my chest. My heart was healed miraculously, and I walked out of there, never to have to worry about it again.

The reason that this story is always a booster for me to pursue God that much more, is simple. Something happened that we didn't expect to happen, and although I don't remember much about that time, ignorance doesn't give me any excuse to acknowledge the fact that God did something amazing in my life at that time. I'm so grateful that He chose to save me from that, and that He listened to my mom and dad. They are the warriors behind this, and I'm super thankful that they are my Mamma G and Daddy Goossen as so many of you know them by!

All this, For HIS Glory!