January 1, 2018. Happy New Year, y’all! Did you choose your word for this year? Have you ever? Has it helped you to have one? The “word” choice seems to come up around this time, every year. I’ve seen some really thought-provoking, positive, action-inspiring choices!
Some choose words that they see at random, others share the word that seems to keep coming up again, and again, in their lives.
That’s how my word choice happened this year. Part of me didn’t want to share, as it seems one that may invite challenges. Instead of giving in to that fear, I choose to share.
I may have arrived on the scene of 2018 freshly diagnosed with MS, but that does not mean this year won’t be the most amazing year so far! The word that continues to jump out at me?
Unstoppable.
Yes, my first thought was-I will keep going! I have drive, ambition, goals, and plans for my future! But, that first thought highlighted one very important, all-encompassing, underlying truth. The God I love, Who formed me and holds me in those same hands-is unstoppable. His ways are not our ways, His thoughts are not our thoughts. I trust Him. And-He is unstoppable. Which means “my” word, is not about me, at all. It is the reason I can say-like the preacher said in his sermon during last night’s praise party , “I came to this new year in the chains (of health challenges), but because I’m here? Somebody’s gonna get set free! I’m loaded now! I’m focused! I’m not a hostage-I’m a weapon!
I don’t have to like what’s been going on in my health, to appreciate that there’s a reason, and I embrace the fact that it means I can have empathy for more people now. I can embrace that this challenge is happening through me, not to me. My calling is to encourage, uplift, and inspire, and I am passionate about helping others lead a richer life. How can I continue that, if I can’t embrace life now? How can I help others see the “happy”-if a diagnosis is allowed to take my own smile? I just want you to know-I’m still smiling, y’all. :)!
My God is a good, good Father. I can even say, “I’m glad this happened.” Not because I like the symptoms, or the forecasted future, but because I know Romans 8:28. I know that all things work together for my good. I know I can be unstoppable, because my God is unstoppable!
Here’s to a Happy & healthy, bless’d & extremely prosperous, life-changing, mind-blowing, impossible & unstoppable 2018 for us all!
Plus-sized faith today, 
Donnarae
