My name is Amy Quick and this is my story. I grew up in a very loving christian home with my parents and three sisters. At the young age of 5 I came to know Jesus as my savior and understand what he had done for me on the cross. I loved going to church and learning about God. I really tried my best to live for the Lord everyday.
As I got older I started making some bad choices that I knew were wrong and not choices that God would want me to make. As a result at the age of 19 my boyfriend and I found out that I was pregnant. We were in a loving relationship that was heading toward marriage so we decided to get married before the baby was born. Two months after being married I went into premature labor and only being at the beginning of my 6th month the baby was very little. My son Colton was born weighing 1lb 3oz and 11 inches long. The doctors told me my baby would only have a 5% chance of living. My worst nightmare was coming true. All I kept praying was that God would work a miracle and I believed that God could keep my son from dying. As the day went on he kept getting worse and more things started going wrong. The doctor then told us that there was nothing else they could do for him. So we had to make the hard choice of letting him go so he would no longer be in any more pain. As he went to be with Jesus I got to hold him in my arms for the first time. It was the hardest and the most precious moment in my life.
The reality of it all didn’t hit me until I walked into my home empty handed and then my world started crashing in all around me. I was hurting badly and went into a deep depression. I had times of anger with God and then times that I would break down and call out to him for help. With time God worked in my heart to see that I could use my situation to help others. He brought me to a verse in the bible which was 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. From that point on I looked at my situation differently. God has brought many people into my life that I was able to comfort and encourage.
After 3 years of a rough marriage my husband decided he wanted a divorce. He had started a relationship with another woman and no matter what I said he didn’t want to try and work things out. Once again my world was crashing in all around me but this time I turned straight to God. He gave me the strength and the courage to pick myself up and go on with my life.
About a year later I met my husband Joe on eHarmony. He was the perfect guy for me in every way and I knew God had brought him into my life. He loved and accepted me even though he knew he would be taking on the baggage of my difficult past. I am so thankful that God gave him to me!
My story ends with this verse that I love and has spoken to me in my life. Romans 5:1-5 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
