Why am I smiling?

The biggest smile I have to give goes to my precious Father in Heaven, my Savior Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.  He has poured out immeasurable blessings over my life and also allows me to see Him transform the lives of His children right before my eyes through prayer and His unlimited heart of love for those that come to Him.  Being on the Healing Rooms team and His Father’s Love ministry at Sugar Hill United Methodist Church, allows me to see people experience a tangible outpouring of His love to their hearts.  The only way I can think to explain it is living constant moments of Psalm 18:16: “He reached down from on high and took hold of me."

There just are not enough smiles to cover the joy of seeing Him work on others behalf and on my behalf each and every day bringing healing and restoration to all things. I smile about the way I see Him orchestrate using my business for His plans.  I own Heaven’s Here Floral Design and Gift Baskets.  We pray blessings over each item that leaves the shop, whether it is a hospital basket, condolence orders, a gift for a special someone, or a business sending a “thank you” to their clients.  He has even brought me into the ICU units telling me, “continue, I have prepared the way”, to get prayer to those who are crying out to Him.  We receive orders from the medical, dental, mortgage and real estate companies, and many individuals.  There are virtually no limitations in where He chooses to bring us and smiles adorn the miles of paths He has taken us on this wonderful adventure.  The business is His and the adventure is ours! His Way always keeps our eyes above the circumstances bringing our gaze beyond the horizon into His limitless love and healing.  I smile knowing that He redefine’s life as we know it to life as He gives it.  He is asking us to come and receive.

The difference in my confidence since Dr. Williams completed major dental work for me has been just amazing.  My teeth were very crooked and terribly discolored because of frequent childhood illness and being hit in the mouth with a baseball.  I was so self-conscious of my mouth that I would either try to hide my smile with my hands, or try to keep my lips tight when I laughed so my teeth could not be seen.  My gums were also very unhealthy due to very old fillings and crowns.

I remember watching the 3 and 4 yr. olds in the nursery at my church and the little ones being brutally honest as they asked me; “Why are your teeth all different colors, don’t you ever brush them?”  They didn’t know any better, but it was quite a blow to my self-confidence that Sunday morning!

After my cosmetic make-over, one of the unexpected surprises for me was actually being healthy!  Because my gums had been unhealthy, I would get sick with upper respiratory infections and bronchitis about every three months. Since Dr. Williams gave me a healthy mouth I haven’t been sick in over a year.  I did not realize this would be a benefit of having my teeth done.  It has been wonderful to receive such a drastic improvement in my overall health and energy.

In so many ways the benefits after the dental work have so far exceeded any expectations I could ever have imagined. My new smile has brought a new measure of peace into my life.  I did not realize that I was so self conscious of how my teeth looked.  Those thoughts were constantly on my mind.  Even at a sub-conscious level I was very aware of my discolored teeth and hiding them. Smiling without being self-conscious has brought a level of peace and freedom that I have not known for years.

I remember the feeling of such tremendous joy when I walked out of the office from my first visit, with the new temporaries in place.  I had not had a beautiful white smile in so many years.  I was so excited about the preview of my white smile that I was trying to get into the wrong car in the parking lot!  When I was laughing at myself it was the biggest smile I had ever shown and I have not stopped smiling since.

Words just cannot describe adequately the deep gratitude I feel towards Dr. Williams and his wife Sheila.  I love being a walking advertisement for Suwanee Dental and smile any chance I get.  I look for reasons to smile now.  With so much going on in the world today there are still so many reasons to smile and I want to share mine with everyone.  I now have a smile ministry!  Some of my biggest smiles occur when I have time for my favorite hobbies like photography and fly fishing.  I tell my girlfriends you haven’t lived till you are a female in waders!  I especially look forward to the next time I can fly fish down the Bow River in Alberta, Canada.  The sparkling gleam of my smile may scare the trout away!

Blessings to all. Dr. Williams, Thank You for excelling in all you put your heart to, you are a blessing to many.

Patti and Dr. Bill Williams