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DURING THIS EXPERIENCE, SAVANNAH DISCOVERED WHO TRULY CARED FOR HER.
“People stopped by, sent gifts and encouraging texts and cards, brought meals for my
family, and prayed for me.” She was especially thankful for her friends, who always
made time to be by her side. “It wasn’t just beneficial to have their support, it was
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necessary. I can’t understand how people can go through things like this without a
support system. You can’t do life alone.” While Savannah struggled with understanding
why other “friends” weren’t there for her, God eventually showed her what she was
to learn from this experience. “I promised myself I would never be that kind of friend.
I know the Lord used that horrible experience to teach me how to love others by
showing me what it felt like to go without and how much this world truly needs love.”
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There was a period during her recovery when she became angry. “Before my stroke,
I would read my Bible and write my thoughts about it in my journal. In the hospital,
I didn’t want to hear what God had to say. But being angry and honest with the Lord
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made me realize that He would still cover me and protect me and love me through it
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all. He allowed me to complain and cry and whine. He used my stroke to say, ‘Sav, if you
can’t be transparent and honest with Me, who can you be that with?’ My stroke changed
the way I communicate with the Lord completely. I felt completely undeserving and
unworthy of God’s grace for me during this time. I’ve always known God was great,
but I never realized just how good He really is.”
Today, Savannah surrounds herself with inspirational people, including her friend
Ally Harrington, fellow church members McKenzie Pierce and Cookie Cawthon, and
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NewSpring Senior Pastor Perry Noble. “All these are people who listen to Jesus and
do what He says to do. I get the honor of hearing their wisdom and sitting under their
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leadership. Each one has helped my walk with Jesus in special ways. I hope one day
to be a game-changer like them.” After graduating, Savannah plans to teach at the
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high school level. She also hopes to travel and be actively involved in missions. Until
then, Savannah is grateful to be counted amongst many brothers and sisters in Christ
at her church. “Every year, NewSpring does a summer trip to Daytona Beach called
‘The Gauntlet.’ This past year, we saw 1,062 salvations and 1,529 ba ptisms in one week
in the same place I met Jesus two years before.”
She will never shy away from spreading God’s word. “My passions are seeing
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people far from God grow closer to Him, teaching and learning, and making people feel
loved and believed in. I will always remember where I was before I found the Lord, and
I know the difference it makes when people fight for you and don’t give up. I am forever
grateful for those people who fought for me, like my friend Ally.”
With each passing day, Savannah is growing in her walk with the Lord. “My life motto
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is Luke 22:42, which states, ‘Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my
will but Yours be done.’ On my trip to Israel this past summer, I began to understand
what this meant. When Jesus knew He was going to be crucified, He was praying that
prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane (where I got to stand). I found myself saying that,
too. ‘God, if you are willing, take this all away. But at the end of the day, it’s Your plan.
Not mine. It’s not about me.’” Perhaps the biggest lesson of all Savannah’s learned is
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that, no matter what she faces in life, it will all work out in His own timing. “I used to
have my life all planned out according to what I wanted. That’s the thing about trusting
the Lord, though, you have to be okay with not knowing.”
Savannah Poston resides in Florence, South Carolina. She is the daughter of Roxann
Wrightson (from Florence) and Bert Poston (who resides in Bardstown, Kentucky). She
has one sister, Lindsey Corbin. Savannah is a senior at West Florence High School.
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