Weeping for Joy and Thanking God for the Years

Wow... Today is my birthday! I thank God for every year given.

My Birthplace

Sixty-one years ago,  a doctor in a small town on the Eastern Shore of Maryland turned to an awaiting father to tell him that "She would had been a nice, little girl." Years later, the father would expressed that it was a sad moment Not to hear his baby girl cry out. It was only as the doctor was placing the small, lifeless bundle at the foot of the bed when he sensed a flicker of life. Years later, the awaiting mother  would comment that if the baby was not dead before, "she should have been after the ice water and 'body slinging' used by the doctor". 

As the baby cried out, the father would weep for joy and thank God for his new baby girl who would remind unnamed for an entire month.  When she was named, the father and mother agreed to give her the name of his beloved mother, "Sally".  

Clockwise: Mother, Me, Father, Daughter

As you may have guessed, I was that baby girl... Sally Shervonne (Sharvonne) Cherry. Needless to say, I will forever be grateful for that attentive country doctor. I thank God for guiding the doctor to do "whatever" it took to revive his small, lifeless patient. I thank God for a mother and father who would love and nurture their "small bundle" until their respective homegoings.

So I embrace each day and experience placed on my path. For God has a plan. Today, I am excited to see what The Lord has planned for my birthday. I pray for discernment, wisdom and strength as I focused on Jesus Christ who loved me even before I was born. God said "I will take care of you!" I hear it... I believe it... End of discussion! He has taken care of me for 61 years and He will not leave me now. So giving all praise to God I go forth on the day of my earthly birth. God is so good!