everything happens for a reason

if you had the ability to look into your future even just one day of it would you what if you didn't like what you see would you try to change [Music] it I've never really thought about it but now that I am I find myself filled with more questions what if I had known the pain and uncertainties that come with infertility as a 28-year-old [Music] woman what if I had known the fear that comes with being a self-employed business owner what if I had known my parents would steer me away from film school what if

I had known that all of my closest friends would turn their backs on me during my cancer battle what if I had known classmates would put my YouTube videos up on the projector at school to embarrass me and the list goes [Music] on so would I change any of it I guess my answer is [Music] no because if I hadn't have made those ridiculous videos as a little girl I wouldn't have discovered what God created me to [Music] do if I hadn't been diagnosed with cancer at 17 I would have never known what the voice

and presence of God sounded and felt [Music] like if I hadn't have been isolated and bullied by those friends during my care answer battle I would have never made my lifelong friend who has never left my side since that time or have known what a true friend even looks [Music] like if I had gone to that film School against my parents' wisdom I would be drowning in debt right now and I would have never met my [Music] husband if I had avoided the fear that comes with being self-employed I wouldn't have started making wedding films

9 years [Music] ago and I would have never told hundreds of stories that I have now I wouldn't have traveled to half the places that I've seen if I had avoided the pain and uncertainties of infertility and an unconventional path to Parenthood I wouldn't have the opportunity to spread hope to other women on similar Journeys what I realize is that all of the painful parts of life the unexpected twists the uncertainties of what's next are what give us great stories and stories change people stories move people stories bring people together and stories show us who

God is it's funny because the gospel is a story in and of itself it's the greatest story of all time so perhaps that's what's inspired us to all love a good story the one story that's planted in all of our [Music] hearts [Music] your story matters because it was written by a God that loves you very much I assure you that no pain is wasted and there truly is a purpose in living