Through It All, Life is Good

KaGie
3 days ago
2 min read

In the midst of my biggest month yet for my business, Olly got diagnosed with a life threatening autoimmune disease on top of already dealing with epilepsy. This is something that will affect him the rest of his life and could turn from bad to worse any moment. That’s a hard pill to swallow. Hard to accept a 5 year old dog could deal with so many health issues and have such odds stacked against him.

My word for the year is overflowing. The idea of overflowing to me is being so full of God so full of the Holy Spirit that is has no option but to overflow out of me and into those around me. This doesn't mean in the good times, it means in ALL the times. God is putting me to the test on that this year. He has pruned a lot out of my life. Things that are good, that I saw as prosperous or as the path he wanted me on. It at times has felt like such a battle to see the bright side, the happy, or even consider living in the overflow. Especially the past two weeks with all Olly has been going through. We are still in the midst of getting Olly stable as we aim to get him to "remission" so he can live a full happy life. It's been heavy. A different routine, a set of rules, lots of medicine, and one sick dog. I'm thankful to have him at home to be able to recover where he's comfortable, but it is hard.

Most times I wait to share something with people until the end result. When I already know how it ends, where God intervened, and when I have the full picture. It's been put on my heart the past few days to share. Share the heartache, share the sad moments, share the journey, and not just the end. Frankly, I don't know how it will end. A week ago that scared me, but today I have peace in knowing whatever the outcome.. it's in God's hand. I'll be sharing more of the journey on my animal Instagram page and here + there on my personal page.

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I wanted to end with two quotes I recently read in one of my devotionals that were so timely I can't help but share....