November 20, 2011 – The Day God
Spared my Life
God is
all about time. Not a certain number of days or years, ~ A time for everything
in our lives for every purpose He has planned for us and everyone else under
heaven.
Five
years ago today should've been my time to die. I was thrown from a car going 80mph
on a pitch black highway. But, instead it was my time to be built up ~ to
really experience God on a level I never have before and probably never will
again until heaven.
It's
amazing to me how real God was to me that night
five years ago. It's like He was right there. He took away my fear. He gave me
Peace. He protected me. He was my rescuer, my deliverer. I literally saw how
His wings had covered me so that the window that shredded my stomach didn't cut
deep enough to hit any organs. I got 80 staples, but no organs were hit!!! I
also know His arms lifted me up and gently placed me on the ground on the side
of the highway so no cars hit me and no head trauma was present. I marveled at
His presence with me during that time. I relive it often. It's one of my
favorite memories, because after that accident no one could ever tell me my God
is not real. I heard Him that night. I saw His handiwork. He was all I needed
for such a time as that.
Is it
like that every day? No. But He is all I need ~ the joy in the mundane of
everyday life. He is the grace I need in the valleys of hurt and
unforgiveness. He is the mercy in my times of rebellion. He is the shelter I
need in the rainy depressing times. He is always what is needed for just the
time of life I'm in.
I
don't know the reason why God spared me that day. But I do know that I want to
be for others what He is for me always. For our little girl, I want to be the
healing love she needs for such a time as this. If you're my friend, I want to
be an exhorter and encourager in your times of need. If God has our paths
to cross, I want to be what He needs me to be for you since there is a purpose in
the time He has us in each others' lives. All of our purposes are so unique, yet
so intertwined ~ I don't want to get so caught up in God’s plan for me that I
don't help others realize Gods purpose for them.
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