...the rest of the story!

Most of you have heard me tell the story of my "accident testimony" of how God spared my life in a horrific automobile accident 11 years ago. When I tell this story-I usually just tell the highlights, or the "big stuff". I often fail to mention the smallest details of how God has truly performed a miracle in my life! One of those small details is the miracle he performed concerning my vision. 


Before my accident-I had only the slightest vision problem. I wore glasses due to being unable to see things at a distance. I just had a slight magnification in my lenses. 
However, in the accident-my vision was severely damaged. A lot of glass got into my eyes as my head went through the sunroof. In addition-every time the car flipped and my head slammed the asphalt-further damage to my eyes occurred. 


The day after my first surgery-an eye surgeon examined my eyes. I recall him asking me how many fingers he was holding up, but I couldn't tell. I was looking through what appeared to be a grey film.....I could see something, but could not describe it. After a few days I could see much more clearly, but I knew something was still wrong with my vision. After being discharged from the hospital-I went in to see the eye surgeon, and he told me that my vision had greatly recovered from the loss that occurred during the accident, but that my eyes contained scars that would cause me to need a stronger prescription. I would possibly have trouble seeing double at times-especially at night. Certainly, I was thankful for the improvement, and I certainly was not complaining! To me-this was a miracle in itself!


A few years later-I had another eye exam, and the Dr confirmed that I needed the glasses due to the scarring on my eyes, but that my vision was otherwise perfect. I had an astigmatism on my left eye, but the scarring in both eyes was the real issue. Still, I thanked God for the miracle of my vision after such a horrific accident. 


But YESTERDAY-I went to get an eye exam, and the Dr. did a thorough examination....not once, but TWICE! Why? Because she could NO LONGER see ANY scarring on either of my eyes! Her report was that I have 20/20 vision in BOTH eyes. The astigmatism requires a slight prescription for my left eye for distance focusing, but nothing at all needed for my right eye. To me this is just greater evidence of the Miracle that I have received-down to the tiniest of details! To you-this may seem so insignificant, but to me-it is just more of a reason to let my life give God the greatest praise I could ever give! God is SO good! 


And NOW you KNOW the REST of the story.......=) 


Ain't God GOOD?!!! 

How beautiful are your feet?....

In Romans 10:15 we read: "And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!"


The writer was speaking to people whose feet were not always clean. People who did not have pedicure shops on every corner of their villages. Folks whose sandal-clad feet walked through all kinds of dust and dirt on a daily basis as they went about their journeys. Thus there was so much foot washing going on! =) It was a common custom for people to have dirty feet. Yet, the writer points out that for one who is coming to preach the gospel of peace, or to simply bring good tidings of good things...that no matter what they came thru to bring it-even their feet were beautiful! 

But for those of us who usually have clean feet (yes, even we Arkansas hillbillies!)-I wonder how beautiful are our feet on a regular basis? You may have the cleanest/smoothest feet, with the best of pedicures, but if when you are coming-you are not bringing good news-how pretty are your feet really?

Hopefully, you realize that I am speaking in a spiritual sense (I really don't want to see your feet! ha! ) But in a world that is so negative, and so many are presenting a negative message-even many so called Christians....I want to challenge you to check your "feet"! What message are people hearing from your lips, your attitude, your life? Are you bringing good tidings of good things, or are you spewing negativity? You may not be a preacher-traveling the world preaching the gospel of peace, but you (YES, even YOU) can bring good news! Good tidings of good things! .......

Quite often when I pray....I say these words: Lord, shine your search light from Heaven upon my mind, body, heart, and soul. If you find ANYTHING that should not be there-first, forgive me-then wash me, and take it out. Renew within me the right spirit, and help me to KEEP the right spirit.......

Why is this request of daily importance to me? Because I am human. It is my nature to fail to see the hope, the peace, and the good news that is readily available to all of us every single day. We serve a God who presents us with NEW mercy every morning! What a mighty God we serve! We MUST learn to speak LIFE! 

I pray that this blog leaves you feeling encouraged, and inspired to develop BEAUTIFUL feet! =) 

Blessings! 

-Amy M. Hanna

Happy New Year!

In 2011-God answered many prayers for me that I had been praying about for a very long time! I am so thankful!! No matter what happened in 2011-I want to challenge you to step into 2012 with greater faith and hope than ever before. God cares, and He is MORE than able to meet all of our needs!

Sometimes it seems that we pray for something for so long, yet the prayers remain unanswered. It gets so hard. It makes you feel forgotten. But the truth is-God's timing and ways are far above ours. He IS in control, and He WILL answer right on time. So, keep your head up, and believe! Whatever you have been asking God to do....even if you have lost your zeal, or your hope-believe again!

May you receive the BEST that Heaven has for you in 2012! Hold to God's unchanging hand! NEVER NEVER NEVER let go!!