Wow. What started as a blogging break due to the flu (which BTW, I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy!) morphed into a much-needed break from an endless stream of depressing news. A couple weeks away has improved my outlook considerably.
 
The Winter Olympics have definitely been a nice distraction. 🙂 I wanted to share a wonderful feel-good story of inspiring faith from the games that’s helped me put things in perspective, and re-focus on what’s really important; Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim were part of the U.S. figure skating team that won a team bronze medal last week in Pyeongchang ~

‘Glorify God’: Christian Olympic Skaters Credit Their Faith to Overcoming Debilitating Illness ~
 
The Knierim’s have overcome a potentially deadly illness that left Alexa weighing only 80 pounds. Just competing at this year’s Olympics is a victory for the couple. And for that victory, they give all credit to their faith.
 
 
In April of 2016 Alexa became ill at a competition. She was diagnosed in August of that year with a serious intestinal illness that required immediate surgery. She would undergo three operations in total.
 
The couple withdrew from all competition for the first half of 2017. “My life, our life, changed drastically in that time period — life was on hold and we weren’t really sure what life would be for the two of us,” Alexa told People […]
 

On Sunday, Alexa and Chris spoke to reporters about how their Christian faith sustained them. “It’s the reason I was able to get back on the ice,” said Alexa.“I stopped worrying and stopped trying to control life, because I couldn’t. In the moment, you know, I was so sick and didn’t really know where things were going to go for me, whether it was skating or life in general. So I finally just threw my hands up and said like, ‘You lead the way,’ and it’s my testimony and I stay true to it.”
 
She said being at the Olympics it isn’t about her. “I have fans out there who know that I am a true believer in the Lord and I’m trying my best to shine his light and let people know that it’s okay to promote him and do things for him, because in the Christian life that’s kind of what we’re supposed to.”
 
Alexa added that being at the Olympics was an opportunity to “glorify God, and my followers know that’s my purpose and it makes me happy. I’m living my dream, and if that’s the way that I have to go about it, I’ll keep doing it.”