Have you ever faced a serious situation?
I don't mean the toilet got stopped up and started overflowing type stuff.
I mean a really serious life changing or altering event?
Something akin to a suicide, A diagnosis of a terminal illness, or near death experiences etc;
If so, How did God operate in your life during this traumatic event and afterwards?
God has a way of turning "messes into messages" and I would love to hear your testimonies
Thank You
Blessings
S/Scotty
I was sledding with friends in the snow in a neighbors yard, it was near to a 100' cliff edge with rocks at the bottom. We lived near the beach and the cliff was access with steep stars to the beach.
Anyways I jumped off a hill in the yard and my friend yelled, "get the sled". I looked and the sled was heading for the cliff. It was a toboggan that was expensive and he was warned by his parents not to damage it, I believe it was made out of oak.
I sprinted for the sled and saw the cliff coming at me too fast so I decided to put the breaks on quick. My feet slid out from underneath me and I began to slide, now I was just a few feet from the cliff edge.
I tried to dig in with my hands as I slid closer and closer to the cliff edge. I couldn't stop myself from sliding.
As I slid over the cliff edge I realized that I was surely dead and felt this peace and just let go of my life. Within an instance I found myself caught in black berry stickers that were growing out of the cliff edge. To my surprise I was still alive.
My friends yelled for me by name. I heard them and yelled back up the cliff (which was only a couple feet up) "I'm OK I'm caught in sticker bushes". I looked down and saw a sandy edge that I could stand on. I said to my friends "There's a ledge I'm OK". So I stepped on it. When I pressed my weight onto it the sand edge fell and as I looked down I could see the rocks (boulders) 100' down.
I quickly yelled back up to my friends "The ledge broke I need help". The sled was hanging in the stickers just above my head. My friends reached for the sled and turned it to the curl side and reached it down to me. I grabbed hold and they all pulled me back up over the cliff edge.
I realized later that God had spared my life. He had also gave me the peace to just let go when falling over the cliff, instead of panicking in terror. Maybe saying "You're going to be OK".