The biggest being my third surgery for tendinitis. I had surgery the week before thanksgiving. I went to the doctor Monday with the intention of scheduling surgery for January sometime, and they told me they could get me in that Friday. So I jumped on the chance to hopefully be feeling better. To hopefully have my life back sooner rather than later. Well, we're about a month out from surgery. And I'm not feeling all that much better, most of the time at least.
But, something incredible has happened too. I was given the opportunity to do something that I have never done before. I was in a musical at my church. Even more than that, I was the lead role in the musical. It was by far the most amazing thing I have ever done!
It is amazing to know that one of the lines we said, or one of the songs we sang could have reached someone for our Savior. I'm not very outspoken about my beliefs. Everyone knows God is a big part of my life, but I'd rather live by example than by words. I want my friends to see the difference in my life. To see how uplifted and how much has changed in my heart in the last year. But this was an awesome way to show how much He means to me, in a very public way.
That's a picture of me, mid sentence during one of my monologues.A little synopsis of the play, for those of you who weren't able to come :)
The story is set on Christmas eve. My character in the musical, Jenny, is not a Christian. Jenny had gone to Church with her 4 best friends before, but never really understood what Jesus did for her. Jenny never felt like she fit in at their churches. (A feeling I understand all too well. But, we'll save that for another post) Jenny calls her friends to see if they can go to the mall, but they were all busy with church things. So, I go to the mall by myself, (shopped a little...got Ice Cream and the food court..oops, you didn't wanna hear all of my monologues did you?.) and upon leaving the mall, I slipped and fell on the ice, and hurt my arm.
My friends found out I was in the hospital, and raced to be by my side. There are lots of laughs, lots of hugs, and a few tears while my friends wait impatiently to find me. They realized that even though I may not die today, I was going to die someday. And I wasn't a Christian. They convinced another patient to switch numbers with them so they can get to me faster only to find out I had already been discharged.
Sheri*aka Nikki*, Me *aka Jenny*, Sarah *aka Pepper*, Danielle *Aka Carley* and back Ron *aka John* (and Patrick sticking his head into the picture..haha)
When I found out that they were there I went back to the hospital, to tell them that I'm OK, it was just a sprained wrist. My friends decided they couldn't wait to tell me about Jesus, their best friend.
They told me about their best gift, how much He meant to them. They told me that He gives us hope for now, and Heaven for later. But best of all they told me what Jesus meant to them. Thats what made the difference. (Yeah...that's another piece of a monologue!)
The musical ends with me telling the audience how my friends changed my life, how an accident that turned my life upside down on Christmas Eve, ended in an incredible away. Jenny became a Christian that night.
It was an amazing feeling to walk off stage each night, hoping that someone's life was changed by the words we spoke. I'm not gonna lie, it was a little scary to have that opportunity too. But God is so much bigger than me, and I am so glad that I had the strength to get out there and do this, for Him.
And, I have a fan now. Isn't he adorable?! His dad sang the solo in the musical, and his mom was in charge of the background music for the show, so he was there with us every night. Saturday night when his Dad asked him to pray for the musical at dinner time. Brandon prayed that I wouldn't have to go to the hospital again that night. And he was always SO excited to talk to me after the show. So I had to get a picture of him and I together :) He was so excited about it!
**Thank you to everyone who came out to see it. It was wonderful to be surrounded by so many friends doing this. I love you guys!!**
