I have never met you in person, and do not know if I ever will here on earth anyway.
I know your parents and siblings, an uncle and even your grandparents.
I lived under your family for just a few months, I learned of your coming while I was there.
I heard the news that God has something else in mind for you shortly after your parents learned the news.
I prayed for you, your little body, little heart, little family.
After you were born I learned that you were a little fighter, you did not give up!
God has a special plan and purpose for you while you are here with us.
I may have never met you, but you have already changed the hearts of many people, including mine.
Your parents are stronger, because of the fight for life you put forth.
God planned is this way.
You are a beautiful baby.
You are not the weight that people would expect for your age.
Tiny and helpless and yet God is using you to bring glory to Him.
This glory that you bring, is what we are all created for.
For 8 months you have blessed everyone around you with your gorgeous smiles and hardy laughs for such a tiny babe.
Even though I am hundreds of miles away, you have captured my heart.
As I have been following your life through the blog your mom has up for you, I have been moved on numerous occasions.
There is such a faith and great sacrifice that your parents have giving over to our Lord.
Do you know how much He loves you? He loves you even more than your parents, at this point it is hard to even imagine this, because your parents have shown love that is unconditional.
They knew that you were not to live a normal life, and yet they chose life, because they knew that God had a plan, a purpose for you little one.
I was listening to a very powerful song the other day. I thought of you immediately just because of the words. There is so much meaning behind them when I think of you.
I have a Maker
He formed my heart
Before even time began
My life was in his hands
I have a Father
He calls me His own
He'll never leave me
No matter where I go
He knows my name
He knows my every thought
He sees each tear that falls
And He hears me when I call
Rachel you have a maker he is Jesus Christ, he most certainly formed your heart. He formed it to be one in a million, or rather no cases known with your heart condition. You appear fragile and rightly so. However, how has one so small, so fragile lived for this long? Only by God! He knew at the creation of the world that Rachel Amariah Funk would be special! Rachel your life is most definately in His hands and we have all seen that time and time again. Not only do you have an early father, who is a godly man, but you have a Heavenly Father who knows you inside and out, he knows when it will be time for you to go and leave this earthly world behind. You are his child and he will never leave you, during your heart spells God is encompassing your entire family as you fight to breathe. He knows your name as he chose it long before you were even thought of by your parents. He knows those little thoughts you have and all the tears that you shed. I our minds we don't think that you can call unto the Father, but your mother and father most definately do when they see you struggling or learn of more news about how your little humanly complicated body works. Gods knows it all and knows all of you. Rachel, may you ever more continue to touch the heart of many around the globe as they hear and learn more and more about you. I hope that before I head to heaven that I might have the chance to meet you, if not then I will rejoice for you are with our Lord and when I see you there we shall rejoice for the hearts that you changed just through being where God wants you.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Workout Buddies
Workout buddies are great aren't they? Well I have found myself one and about four years ago we were running together. However since then we learned that we should not be running for two different reasons. For her it is shin splints and for myself it is planter facitious (I know that is spelled wrong). We are planning to workout three times a week and walk every evening. So far we did one of each and we will be walking again tonight. I just hope that we don't get tired of each other seeing that much of one another. I really enjoy spending time with my buddy, so I do not think that this will happen. Here is hoping that we stick with it.
What might 2011 look like?
The year 2011 is underway already and we are into the third week.
So you might be wondering what does Christina have up her sleeve for this year. Well the answer to this question is kind of still up in the air for me, but my mind is reeling and heading in some solid directions.
Come April I will finally walk across the stage to recieve my diploma that will be handed to me after 5 long years of hard work. I will have a hood placed over my head and have a long titled degree to add to my resume. I do look forward to this day and hope to celebrate with many people. The people who have encouraged me and spurred me on throughout this entire journey. I would not have been able to stay focussed or determined without you and likely would have given up every term if it was not for the support of everyone of these people. It was hard and a great challenge. Especially after tackling this after a 7 year schooling gap.
The summer I would like to take a little trip to say ahhh and just enjoy a little freedom and fun without having to think about work, school or whatever else reminds me of the boring everyday. I think that this is something that would be well deserved? No?
While I am working through this final term of school and into the summer I will be preparing my heart and mind for the next task that I have spent a lot of time thinking about. I have been praying about this as well and it seems like a logical step. So I am probably going to be going overseas for a year or two to teach English and pay off my student loans. The way I see this is that I am not getting any younger and I am itching to go serve my God in missions. So this is the fastest way to do so as well as get more cross cultural experience. So now I know the question rolling around in your mind is likely: Where? Well I do not know the answer to this as of yet. I am researching it and trying to figure out the best place for myself and one that pays decently as well. This is no small feat as you are already aware the world is a big place. This will take time and I just ask you to be praying about and ask me once in a while how this is coming a long. I think that this will help me to regain an awareness of how close that time is coming.
I have some other small ideas as to things that will hopefully change throughout the year, but we'll cross those bridges when I want to haha. More like as they come along.
Many blessings to you this year as you face 2011.
So you might be wondering what does Christina have up her sleeve for this year. Well the answer to this question is kind of still up in the air for me, but my mind is reeling and heading in some solid directions.
Come April I will finally walk across the stage to recieve my diploma that will be handed to me after 5 long years of hard work. I will have a hood placed over my head and have a long titled degree to add to my resume. I do look forward to this day and hope to celebrate with many people. The people who have encouraged me and spurred me on throughout this entire journey. I would not have been able to stay focussed or determined without you and likely would have given up every term if it was not for the support of everyone of these people. It was hard and a great challenge. Especially after tackling this after a 7 year schooling gap.
The summer I would like to take a little trip to say ahhh and just enjoy a little freedom and fun without having to think about work, school or whatever else reminds me of the boring everyday. I think that this is something that would be well deserved? No?
While I am working through this final term of school and into the summer I will be preparing my heart and mind for the next task that I have spent a lot of time thinking about. I have been praying about this as well and it seems like a logical step. So I am probably going to be going overseas for a year or two to teach English and pay off my student loans. The way I see this is that I am not getting any younger and I am itching to go serve my God in missions. So this is the fastest way to do so as well as get more cross cultural experience. So now I know the question rolling around in your mind is likely: Where? Well I do not know the answer to this as of yet. I am researching it and trying to figure out the best place for myself and one that pays decently as well. This is no small feat as you are already aware the world is a big place. This will take time and I just ask you to be praying about and ask me once in a while how this is coming a long. I think that this will help me to regain an awareness of how close that time is coming.
I have some other small ideas as to things that will hopefully change throughout the year, but we'll cross those bridges when I want to haha. More like as they come along.
Many blessings to you this year as you face 2011.
Monday, January 3, 2011
The Biggest News of 2010
Hello again my dear readers,
A while back like in the summer I posted a blog about my father's pending marriage. I since deleted it because he told me that they broke it off and ended the relationship. I think that he did this because it was something that I might have wanted to hear. However that is not necessarily the case, but that I told him to be careful because she might be pushing him to get married so that she will get her green card so to speak. Well my grandma leaked when I was home for Christmas that he did indeed get married. That's right I did not hear it from the horses mouth. I believe my grandma because she has not been wrong before. She mentioned this on Christmas eve and my dad still has not confessed this to me but implied that he needs to sit down with me and explain what has been going on and why it has happened the way that it did in the last couple of months. How do I feel about this whole thing? I am honestly not sure how I feel. I am his only daughter and child right now. This lady is 8 years older than me and has changed him completely into a not so pleasant man. We were always close, he would talk to me too much if you asked me haha. By this I mean he used to call me several times a day and text me at least every other day. I wonder if my going overseas bothered him so much that he turned away in a sense as he did not know how to deal with the change of his daughter going overseas. Though he has known about this for about 6-7 years prior to my going. I have no idea, but we shall see how things pan out and how I realize I feel after my father being the one to confess this to me. Thank you as always for taking the time to read my posts. Blessings to you this day.
A while back like in the summer I posted a blog about my father's pending marriage. I since deleted it because he told me that they broke it off and ended the relationship. I think that he did this because it was something that I might have wanted to hear. However that is not necessarily the case, but that I told him to be careful because she might be pushing him to get married so that she will get her green card so to speak. Well my grandma leaked when I was home for Christmas that he did indeed get married. That's right I did not hear it from the horses mouth. I believe my grandma because she has not been wrong before. She mentioned this on Christmas eve and my dad still has not confessed this to me but implied that he needs to sit down with me and explain what has been going on and why it has happened the way that it did in the last couple of months. How do I feel about this whole thing? I am honestly not sure how I feel. I am his only daughter and child right now. This lady is 8 years older than me and has changed him completely into a not so pleasant man. We were always close, he would talk to me too much if you asked me haha. By this I mean he used to call me several times a day and text me at least every other day. I wonder if my going overseas bothered him so much that he turned away in a sense as he did not know how to deal with the change of his daughter going overseas. Though he has known about this for about 6-7 years prior to my going. I have no idea, but we shall see how things pan out and how I realize I feel after my father being the one to confess this to me. Thank you as always for taking the time to read my posts. Blessings to you this day.
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