Oh my precious Briley FAITH, my
angel eyes, God's little missionary... did you know?
DID YOU
KNOW that the night before you were born that me/Granna, along with your mommy,
daddy and big brother, Jude, PawPaw, Boompa, Mimi, Pops, Idgie, Aunt Krissy, Aunt Shanda and so many others were excitedly
waiting for your arrival and praying for a safe delivery for you and mommy, that
you would be healthy and all would be well?
DID YOU KNOW that after given the
complications you had, that we were in the waiting room with others, in a
circle holding hands in prayer knowing God would hear? Did you hear your mommy’s and daddy’s cries
for help to the One from which help comes from?
Did you hear not only their prayers but also see their steadfast faith?
DID YOU KNOW that I was awakened between
3am and 4am starting the night before you were born that lasted seven
days? The first day I prayed for a good
delivery and all would be well. The day
after you were born, up to the seventh day I prayed for healing. Did you know the seventh morning I was
awakened I could not go back to sleep because God pressed upon me to not only
pray for your healing but to really learn about His healing power? DID YOU KNOW?
So, I did. Day after day He was
teaching and I was learning.
And DID YOU KNOW that me learning
about God’s healing power would lead to me writing a blog called Briley’s Daily
Dose? It was mainly for my healing--- oh
how I hurt so bad! Each time I wrote I
felt the pain, but at the same time there was a peaceful cleansing.
DID YOU KNOW as of today, the
Briley’s Daily Dose blog has reached 100 COUNTRIES? My sweet darlin’, the blog is now being read
in country #100, The Islands of BERMUDA!
Who would have ever known? DID
YOU KNOW? Only God, baby girl, only
God. But, DID YOU KNOW?
DID YOU KNOW that simple blog led
to a book about God’s faithfulness and what He can do with our trials if we
give them to Him? I never would have
imagined I would be an author of a book about the life and loss of my
granddaughter. It’s called God’s Got
This. You were our “this”. But, even though our struggle initially was dealing
with knowing your situation and that you would be leaving us soon, it also
uncovered other things in our lives that would be a “this”. Wow, God used you to show us all so much!
DID YOU KNOW each time a tear was
cried? Not because of sadness, but
because God used you to also give them hope and a cleansing of the soul? Or, those rejoicing because of your life,
they found a new life in Jesus?
What about each time mommy,
daddy, brothers Jude and Reid, sister Abbott, relatives, friends and even
strangers share your life story--- Do you know each time a heart stops hurting
or a tear stops flowing because of learning of God’s grace you shared through
your sacrifice, your faithfulness to your calling?
Oh God’s little missionary, my
Briley FAITH, I long to be just like you.
I can’t help but think you did
know. We for sure know God knew He could
count on you to fulfill His purpose for you. Your purpose did not end when you went to your
heavenly home on December 11, 2012; it continues today in 100 COUNTRIES ALL
OVER THE WORLD! I love and miss you real big my darlin' Briley FAITH and I'm still so inspired by your surrender to God and calling.
As your PawPaw shares…
Milestones
are the “selah” of life; to pause and thank God for His goodness and to where
He’s brought us.
Since that night before your birth on 10/10/2012 of waking
up between 3am and 4am:
*BRILEY’S DAILY DOSE BLOG was
created.
*6 years, 10 months, 8 days have
passed.
*God’s Word has entered 100 countries
through the blog; some of these were countries where no Christian literature is
allowed.
*103,027 have been reading the blog while
we are praying many souls are changed from hearing God’s word through Briley’s
life.
*GOD’S GOT THIS! book released
December 2018.
Milestones are not “things”. Milestones are God taking those “things” and
using them to help others find Jesus, the Cornerstone.
