My Lil Purple Glittery Box

By Gods Girl

My Li'l Purple Glittery Box is the story of God's Girl and her adventures with Jesus after sustaining her fourth traumatic brain injury in an automobile accident. The accident was career-ending and life-changing. Having to deal with the inability to comprehend a paragraph read to her, God's Girl's cries to the Lord were rewarded with adventures with the entire Trinity inside the glittery box. A morning of fear from the inability to focus was rewarded with the comfort of angels sitting high atop their puffy purple clouds serenading God's Girl with symphonies of praises to God inside her li'l purple glittery box as she and Jesus sat hand in hand resting upon her li'l purple eyelet pillow.Days of neuro-occupational therapy and physical therapy were met with trips with Jesus inside my li'l purple glittery box to a frozen lake in Canada. Jesus and God's Girl would sit in the middle of the frozen lake drinking hot cocoa topped with whipped cream and a cherry watching the polar bears dressed in scarves and multicolored winter hats twirl on one leg as they glided across the ice. Jesus always provides peace and rest in Him to God's Girl. His adventures, comfort, and lessons in My Li'l Purple Glittery Box both healed God's Girl and strengthened her faith. Sharing the adventures inside the box of comfort also provides the hope of the Lord to others. Regardless of what you are faced with, sit in His presence and talk with Him. Give Him every fear and care. Let Him transport you to a calming, restful place. He will comfort and heal. He will provide the most beautiful treasures each and every day just for you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 29, 2021
• ISBN: 9781098066932

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Chapter 1

Blessings through Change

God pulled me out of my life as an accountant/consultant. He knew I did not belong in corporate America any longer. I knew as well. My spirit had softened. Doors kept closing. At first, I was sad that I was no longer able to work after I sustained the fourth traumatic brain injury in my lifetime. I had serious neck and back injuries as well. I was scared after the life I had lived stopped suddenly. How would I survive? How would I live? Would I ever be well enough to live a life with any normalcy? Then as I sat alone, I cried out to God. He showed me that I was in a li’l purple glittery box filled with His gentle love and kindness. My life has not been easy. I am a survivor of domestic violence, have survived four major accidents, was beaten one evening when someone I trusted went on a drunken rage, and have, at times, lost all hope. But God!

God graciously put me into my very own li’l purple glittery box. It is beautiful inside. It is my solace. Purple is the color of royalty and my favorite color. Not only was I diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury, but I also had neurological damage throughout my body. I had discs in my neck that were impinging my spine causing daily migraines for months. Each day, the pain was too much to deal with. I cried, I prayed, I was depressed, and I did not think I could go on anymore. I had to learn how to deal with daily migraines, brain injury anxiety, mood swings, a loss of short-term memory, an inability to focus, and an inability to organize myself enough to get ready for my day.

I am very blessed that I have a strong faith. I had nowhere else to go but to God. I sat at the gates of hell, defeated. But God! ‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’ (Jeremiah 29:11).¹ I had to turn my entire life over to God. I, the self-sufficient woman who loves to be active and involved, had to stop and make a conscious decision to let God orchestrate my life.

Throughout my journey, God would tuck me in each night. I asked Him to give me fluffy pillows and a comfortable bed to lie in. I asked for angels to protect my dreams. He did not disappoint. Each day, my li’l purple box is full of adventure.

One day, my li’l purple glittery box was sunshiny, bright, and filled with roses in honor of my mom. Another day, my li’l purple glittery box was full of tears and pain. The box was gray inside because I was weary. I praised God, but the physical pain was too much. The mental anguish was too much to bear. I put the world back upon my shoulders. I did not have the strength to let Jesus have my pain. I did not know how to let it go. God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit held me tightly in my li’l purple glittery box.

God has shown me my purpose. He told me to preach His Word to the world. He told me that He put in my heart a desire to write. I am to use the gift that He gave to me to tell each of you about the God of peace, the God of love, and the God of joy.

He is a good God. Sit with Him. Be still and know that He is God, for He loves you like no one else you can even imagine. Sit with Him. Let Him hear your woes. Talk with Him. Let Him know your anger. Let Him know your fears. Let Him know your sins. He already knows! He is not surprised. He wants to know so that you will feel a connection to Him. He is the God of peace and love and joy. His heart is pure.

His love is better than chocolate ice cream with blueberries on it—my favorite. What is your favorite place or food? Go there, sit, and ask Jesus to come into your life. Let the Spirit of the Lord guide you. Let Him fill your soul with peace.

Each day through my illness, my box was a different color. Today, my box is a beautiful soft peach inside with hues of gold glitter sparkling around. I am at peace because the Lord has blessed me and He loves me. He has gifted me with the ability to see His love inside my li’l purple glittery box—the box that He put me in to heal me both physically and emotionally. It is in here that I am at peace. I am not walking away from my life; I am beginning a new journey. A journey with God. A journey where I am His messenger. He wants you to know that He loves you whether you think you deserve it or not. He will be there to carry you through the addictions, through the fear, and through the tears. Turn to Him. Jesus has His hands out to you. Turn your body toward Him. Rest your weary head in His arms. Be His beloved child. He is waiting for you. He will give you grace. I did not think I deserved His grace and His peace.

I was an abused, battered, and fearful woman. I did not know that I was worthy in Him, by Him, and through Him. My li’l purple box was black inside. I had no hope. I had no clue as to where my future would lead. But God! He sent angels. He answered my prayers. The Holy Spirit grumbled to the Lord for me. God predestined me to speak His Word. To write as my heart has always desired. God predestined me to show my creativity. I can see a li’l purple glittery box that was once full of restrictions and is now full of deep-colored half-moons hanging from my boxes’ ceiling gently comforting me as the stars in the sky shine down upon me. That is my treasure from the Lord. He put the stars in the skies for me to look up and see the beauty that He has for me, just for me, because He loves me. He loved me before He whispered life into my body. He has loved me when I could not look at myself in the mirror. I was so broken. He loved me when I was beaten. He loved me when I was a battered wife. He loved me when I was a small girl lying on a bed, looking up, and asking Him to get me out of here. That was my first prayer