”Do not worry about anything. Instead, pray to God about everything. Ask him to help you with the things that you need. And thank him for his help.“ Philippians 4:6 7 months ago, my life completely changed. I woke up one day with the most crippling pain i’ve ever felt. I tried to get up to get ready to school when I realized i couldn’t move properly, doing the best I could i threw myself off the bed landing on the floor struggling to get up. After finally getting up I acted as if I was fine and was just a little sore. That day I had a tournament, which I wanted to pull out from but if I did, it would mess everything up for my team, So I played through it.. The next morning I was rushed to the hospital unable to get up on my own. The doctors didn’t take me seriously and gave me antibiotics to treat me then sent me home, after trying three more times to go to the hospital we decided to go to my primary doctor, that day I had to use a wheel chair for everything since i couldn’t move on my own. I was finally admitted to the hospital where they stuck me with a needle 37 times, and completely changed my view on life. Throughout this whole experience I kept repeating to myself, “Dig Deep Mari” “trust Gods plan” and even in my worst moments with the worst pain i’ve ever felt in my entire life I repeatedly told myself that Jesus was watching over me and taking care of me. That night i prayed a prayer with everyone in my hospital room begging Jesus to help me, when i started repeating ”For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” over and over again through the night. The next day the doctors figured out what was wrong with me, and after a very long and difficult month in the hospital I was sent to a hospital in dallas where they treated me and diagnosed me with stills disease. This meant that I would have to give myself an injection every single day for what could be the rest of my life, but knowing that Jesus is here with me, that didn’t seem to matter as long as I was alive and able to tell my story. So once again i’ll say “Do not worry about anything, Instead pray to God about everything” Philippians 4:6 officially half a year healthy!