I lay in bed on Friday night, tossing and turning, with a heart full of doubt in God. In my turmoil, I cried out to God to "show up." Those were my exact thoughts...no specific request, only a simple desperate plea.
I woke up early Saturday morning to find a post on Facebook that a dear friend of mine's son, Chet, had been hit by a car. He was alive but in ICU at the hospital. I immediately called out of work and headed across town to the hospital.
I was very upset and scared. As I drove the 30 minutes to the hospital, the realization that he could have been killed made its way into my mind. It cut my heart to the core. Its one of those things you cannot wrap your mind around. Wonderings of how he survived began swirling around in my head.
When I saw Chet so many emotions flowed through me. I felt tears filling my eyes as I looked at him on the bed. He was covered in road rashes, cuts, and dried blood. He was wearing a neck brace and had a tube coming from his chest. As shocking as this was, it was more unbelievable that he was breathing on his own and asking for something to eat.
His mom told me he was hit by a minivan going 55mph while he was crossing the street. His lung collapsed and was re inflated. He had a broken pelvis, a small hole in his bladder, shattered ribs, fractured knee cap, and a concussion. His brain scan showed no damage and he had no spinal injuries. I was dumbfounded. He should have had massive head injuries and be on a ventilator but they said he would make a full recovery and be fine.
My mind began to entertain the idea that this was a miracle. An outright, undeniable miracle of God. The prayer for God to "show up" that I had said the night before floated into my mind. I couldn't deny that God HAD shown up, reached His hand down and protected Chet from certain death or devastating injuries.
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Yes, God still does miracles everyday. SO many times we just don't see them. SO glad your friend is ok and will make a complete recovery. Yes, it was a miracle indeed. God is Good ALL the time.
Glad to hear Chet ok. It hurts to see a friend so close to death.
I have found that God shows up. He is never late, always on time, and never in a hurry. When I look back at my life, I see so many times that God acted, even in my limited ability to overcome barriers to Him.
I don't pray for healing now. I only pray a prayer of Thanksgiving that He used some tough discipline to bring me to Him, not just all the activity surrounding Him; not even the rhetoric and Christian jargon, but a relationship dependent.
God will always challenge us with that part we hold out to ourselves. Thank God that His Salvation is not based on my changing emotions, but His unchanging Word.
Your dad continues to improve. His disposition is far more easy going and God has allowed us a brothers to become closer and renew old times. Age has a way of making one more receptive to the hard spots in our life.
I pray for your continued witness and growth in Christ.
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