I Was Down and Out and Now I'm Altered

Down and out.  That's what I have been since Monday afternoon.

I was feeling a little tired Monday when I got home from school, so I took a nap.  When I woke up, my ears and throat hurt, my nose was completely stopped up, and my head felt so heavy I thought it was going to roll right off of my shoulders.

My mom poured some stuff in my ears for that pain, and I went back to bed.


Tuesday morning I felt even worse.   My neck was sore and my back too, and I had this pounding headache.  It was terrible.

So I decided I wanted to go to the doctor.  Anyone who knows me will tell you I hate going to the doctor.


My mom made me an appointment with the pediatrician and, on Wednesday afternoon, I drove myself to the doctor.

I got there and they told me they couldn't see me because I'm under 18 and I didn't have an adult with me.  My mom was on the other side of town getting her hair done.  I was miserable.   It. Was. Terrible.

So I texted my grandpa and he came straight there to meet me.  When I told the secretary he was on the way, the nurse called me back and I was seen.

After having a strep test and a mono test come back negative, I was diagnosed and treated for Sinusitis and Tonsilitis.   My very strong (tasting) antibiotic helped immediately and my symptoms faded away and today I am back to my normal well self, which brings me to Altered.





Altered is a youth rally that two teens from my graduating class held tonight in our gym.  Leia and Spencer put together this rally and there was praise and worship led by the band from our church, an opening prayer from a guy named Cody from a church I went to when I was a kid, a drama by our church drama team, testimonies from Marieke and Sydney, and messages from Spencer and Luke.   It was absolutely amazing to just be in that dim gym and see all the youth that showed up.  Some kids that don't even go to church anywhere.   There were barely any adults there at all.

It was really moving to be in a place that wasn't even church, all of us together like that, just talking about God and worshiping Him. 

A few people got saved and we talked about the party in heaven that happens every time someone accepts Christ into their lives.

There is no love greater than the love of the Lord for His children and I hope and pray that everyone's eyes will be opened to that someday.  Someday soon.

Anyway, so it was really amazing to be gathered and having those discussions about worth and reason and chances and how He loves every one of us, no matter what is in our pasts.


I am altered.  I know a lot of people who are and some that just made the decision tonight.  I hope everyone will be altered.  We are supposed to be altered.

Are you altered?
Romans 12:2






Until my next post,

Stormy <3