Just A Little About Myself

    So everyone I know is blogging now days, and I thought it would be a great way for me to get my story out in the open, so here it goes.

    My name is Jessica most my friends call me Jess. I'm 17 years old and I have Cystic Fibrosis. Now most of you when you saw that word went "What is that??". To answer your question Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic lung disease that effects the pancreas and digestive system. This disease usually takes a persons life by the age of 30. For more information go to http://www.cff.org/AboutCF/?gclid=CKGfsdmz1rECFUff4AodjigAxA.

   I was diagnosed when I was 4 months old. Now some tell me it must have been terrible having it your whole life. NOTE: Some people don't find out till years later that they have CF. Honestly I laugh when they say that. Being diagnosed at such an early age is better in my idea than not getting diagnosed till later. Since all I have ever known is taking medication and having hospital admissions it was easier for me to accept that I have it, because I was grown up to accept it. I really didn't have a choice.

   Now I will admit that growing up with CF was NOT easy. I did miss out on a lot of things, like I didn't get to go to public school, I have always been home schooled. When I was going through my preteen years I hated my parents for making be home schooled my whole life, but now that I am a senior and I am going to graduate this Spring I realize that it was their best choice to home school me. Because of my homeschooling I did not fall behind when I would be admitted to the hospital every 8-12 weeks for 2 weeks because my schoolwork would follow me. I am thankful that my mom and dad chose to home school me.

   I was raised in a southern baptist church, but it wasn't till about 2 years ago that I realize I had no idea what I truly believed. I was saved and baptized when I was about 8 years old, but I never even knew why I did that stuff or why I had to. I mostly did it because my big sister did. So one day I was at a church event and Clayton King was preaching. He said "You can't play Jesus, He isn't a game." After hearing his sermon he asked anyone who has not been truly saved to stand, feeling like he was pointing a finger at me, I stood and received Christ into my heart that night.

   Now of course I wasn't the perfect christian right off the bat, I had an uphill downhill relationship with Lord for the next 2 years, but now that I am older and I have really started to read Gods word and understand it, my life has changed drastically. God has called me into evangelism, which I continue to pursue through this blog. I have really had a hard time lately trying to figure out how I should get started. I thought "Okay Lord I am on track and willing to serve you, just show me what to do." I see now God wants me to speak to people through my life and trials.

  So that's why I started this blog. I started it to share some of my testimony and encourage those who are going through hard times, not just in health, but in life. I want to be about to give advice and help young teens through their struggles.

   Thanks for reading my very first blog, I can't wait to hear your response. <3 More blogs to come!