How do I walk forward?

Every three years I participate in a nine year CADASIL study

https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/cadasil

Common symptoms of CADASIL include:

• Migraine headaches with aura
• Multiple strokes progressing to dementia
• Confusion or coma (caused by acute encephalopathy, which can accompany CADASIL) 
• Progressive decline in memory and thinking skills 
• Mental health issues, including apathy, depression, and bipolar disorder

Less common symptoms of CADASIL include:

• Seizures
• Vision problems
• Slow movements and tremors (parkinsonism)
• Numbness or weakness
• Rapid onset of vertigo, nausea/vomiting, and abnormal gait

The stroke I had in December 2024 was memorable and a reminder. I’m not God and He is in control. I’m surrendered to whatever He wants to do with me to testify and keep volunteering in the children’s ministry as He allows me to walk (mobility), talk(speech) and see (vision/sight).

I got double vision. It really gave me a scare I thought what next? God is in control of my anatomy. Yes, God allowed me to regain my sight. The double vision lasted one week. Crazy but humbling. He let’s me see. I got new glasses and the ophthalmologist said my eyes were like normal. Nothing negative other than having CADASIL. God! CADASIL! That’s sums it up. Brain is in control of my vision! Of course I had a stroke. The MRI, CAT scan were physical images that state I had a stroke. No argument there. The evidence are the images.

God is omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent. Definition of omniscient he knows everything. Omnipresence means all-present. This term means that God is capable of being everywhere at the same time. It means his divine presence encompasses the whole of the universe. The word omnipotent is having unlimited power and omnipresent and is the Great almighty God. Why underestimate Him? He knows your situation. He is real. He does exist. You are not a mistake. He created you with a plan and purpose. Testify why you believe?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereignty_of_God_in_Christianity#:~:text=Sovereignty%20of%20God%20in%20Christianity%20can%20be%20defined%20as%20the,of%20God%27s%20self%2Dimposed%20limitations.

He is sovereign. The reminder that He can do whatever He wants. I’m the daughter of King Jesus. I’m a child of God. You can also be His child just accept Him as the Lord of your life. He’s in control. He created the universe and you in it.

This stroke shook me up! Psalm 119 is the longest scripture which describes the God of the universe.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20119&version=NKJV

Salvation is believing Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He died on the cross to pay for our sins. No one is perfect. No matter what the diagnosis. You are not perfect and this is why Jesus died on the cross for everyone. No one is perfect. We all need a savior.

Psalm 139:8 New King James Version

⁸ If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in ^[a]hell, behold, You are there.

Read and pray daily. Open your Bible daily. Talk to God daily and thank Him for the life He allows you to live.

1 John 3New King James Version

The Command to Love

3 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of ^[a]God! Therefore the world does not know ^[b]us, because it did not know Him. ² Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. 

Easier said than done. How do you glorify Him, God daily? Can you wake up and be thankful? God created each of us with a plan and purpose. Do you believe it?

President John F. Kennedy state,”What can you do for your country? Or the country can do for you? ” Something like that.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-F-Kennedy

I ask you, “What can you do for God today?”What glorifies Him? How does He get the glory in your life? What is glory? Oxford definition: take great pride or pleasure in.

So what gives God pleasure in your activity? Are you enjoying nature. Did you know God created everything? Do you believe what the Bible states about Genesis?

Genesis 1 (NKJV):

 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ² The earth was without form, and void; and darkness ^[a]was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201&version=NKJV

So what! Who cares, what’s the big deal you might ask? The woods, great plains, beaches, lakes, streams? All living creatures? Creatures in the ocean and land? Are you shut indoors by choice, or are health issues limiting you to move physical? How about a window view? Please forgive me, I’m not judging. I’m simply asking the question.

I don’t know what holds you back. Desire to want to move and check out your surroundings? Desire or not the choice is yours. So what are you doing today for his glory?

How does God get the glory in your daily activity? Do you question you plan and purpose? Self reflection question. As a Christian my identity is in my Savior, Jesus Christ. God sent Jesus to die on the cross for our salvation. Believing Jesus is the Son of God and that He died just to save me from my sins. Sins.

Are you a good witness to the world around you? Can they see Jesus in your behavior?Easier said than done. How do you glorify Him, God daily? Can you wake up and be thankful? God created each of us with a plan and purpose. Do you believe it? I believe it

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

However you live your life today, think about giving God the glory.