God Moments

eleven · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:23 am Post subject: God Moments

Hey!
I just got done posting a reply on another thread, and it gave me the idea to start this one.

I LOVE God moments.
Ya know.........those times when God speaks to you, or intervenes in your life somehow at just the right moment, so you never forget that He is nearby.
So I am inviting you all to share your God moments here with all of us.

(I will re-post that other thread reply so you can see what I mean.)

Luvnlife · Lion King Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 1257 Location: US

Years ago, my oldest daughter and her friend ran away from home. They were 14 years old and we lived in Salt Lake City UT at the time.

I had no idea where they were but I had been frantically looking for them for a couple of days.

I stayed on the couch at my brothers home one night. I got up bright and early and headed out to look for them again. I didn't change clothes, brush my teeth, wash my face, comb my hair or even wipe down with a wet rag. I was focused on one thing.

I went in to a mall as soon as it opened and started showing their pic's around to everyone. No one had seen them. I went to security to see if they had seen them and to drop a poster with them in case the girls did come to the mall.

The security guy called a co-worker over and they started grilling me, asking me questions and looking at me weird. That's when I realized that I must have looked a fright.

I left the mall, stopped at 7-11 and bought a toothpaste and toothbrush and went in to the bathroom to freshen up.

I remembered that the other girl knew a guy in an apartment complex downtown so I looked up the complex address in the phone book. I went to the complex and it was huge. I had no idea where to start. The other girls mother thought the guy she knew lived in building D or E. She wasn't sure.

I picked one of the huge buildings and started walking through the halls not knowing where this guy lived or what he looked like.

I was walking pretty fast. Suddenly, I stopped and started walking backwards for no reason. I stopped in front of this closed door and opened it. It was a laundry room and both girls were there, safe and sound.

My daughter later told me if I had gotten there 5 minutes earlier, they would not have been there. Had I not stopped to groom myself, I would not have found them. Had I not started walking backwards, I would not have found them.

It was not under my own power that I walked backwards and found the laundry room to a building I had never been in. It was not by my own power that things transpired the way they did that morning and everything came together the way it did.

There have been many times in my life that I have seen and felt the workings of the Lord in my life. That time, however, was pretty in-your-face inexplicable and undeniable.

Luv
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ChristianWoman1 · Labrador Joined: 22 May 2008 Posts: 300

a true miracle Luv Very Happy

great thread 11...I"ll ba back later when I have more time to post...
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eleven · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:07 am Post subject:

eleven · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:18 am Post subject:

Here, I'll give you another one.

I started smoking when I was 13.
In my adult life, I smoked a pack to a pack and a half a day. I also work in the medical field, and at this time, I worked in a hospital. This was about 4 years ago.

One of my patients, named "Rose", was a very lovely 54 year old African- American woman with a heart of gold. Unfortunately, Rose had brain tumors that distorted the shape of her bald head. She had big lumps and bumps everywhere. When I would talk to Rose she would speak lovingly of her grandchildren, and how much she missed them. I would reassure her that she would get to see them again. It didn't occur to me until much later that maybe the reason she missed them is because she purposely distanced herself from them because of the way she looked.

One night, I went to bed, and all night long I had nightmares. All I could dream about was people sick and dying with cancer. I tossed and turned, would wake up, but as soon as I drifted back off to sleep, cancer dreams would invade. The next morning when I got up, and got ready for work, I remembered something a preacher had said, "how can you rebuke cancer while you are smoking cigarettes?" So I picked up my pack of Marlboro Lights, and said to Jesus. I get your message, and you have won my heart. From this day forward, I will never smoke another cigarette. And to this day I never have. But now, watch this---

I'm not sure why I did this, but I had to open the pack to see how many were left.
Take a guess.

11! Very Happy

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Evee · Moderator Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 661

What great stories, 11 & Luv! 11 for 11, right eleven?! HAHA Thanks again!
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eleven · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject:

Evee · Moderator Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 661

Okay, it's an emotional one...but here goes. Bear w/me for I cry every time I repeat it.

I discovered I was having twins on my 21st b-day. They were due in May of 1992. I had a 10 month old son at the time. 2 weeks after my son turned 1, I went into pre-term labor. The twins gestation weeks were 26. Their lungs weren't developed yet. I started hemorrhaging & I was rushed to the hospital. The doctor tried to stop the contractions but he couldn't & he couldn't stop the bleeding either. So they rushed me to a better equipped hospital.

The doctor told me that I had to choose between me & my babies. He said that if I continued to hold the babies in, I would continue to hemorrhage & bleed to death. If I delivered the babies, they would die b/c they weren't developed enough to survive on their own. I told the docs to save the babies. I didn't care if I died. To me, the babies were more important.

After a while, I had no choice. They couldn't stop the pain no matter what they did, so I had to have an emergency c-section. As the twins were born, I developed this sense of peace. Worried, yet at the same time, not afraid. My husband & I prayed diligently throughout the night. We were told when they were born that they had a 98% of dying. The next day, we were told they had a 98% of LIVING. The docs say they don't know what had happened, but those two were doing well in the incubators & it seemed as if my daughter was stronger overnight.

They're my miracle babies. Today they're 16 years old & healthy as horses!!! Especially my daughter. She can tackle her brother in football w/o blinking an eye! LOL God is the giver of miracles & I thank HIm every day for the gift He provided us on that day, January 30, 1992.
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eleven · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:20 pm Post subject:

Luvnlife · Lion King Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 1257 Location: US

What an awesome story, Evee! I'm glad you and your children both lived to tell the tale!

Luv
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Luvnlife · Lion King Joined: 22 Feb 2007 Posts: 1257 Location: US

11;

I am a former smoker myself. I quit when I was pregnant with my oldest. When she was a few months old, I started again. I must have quit and started again at least 1/2 dozen times in between.

When I found out I was pregnant again (almost 18 years later) I gave it up again.

It's been 10 years + since I had my last cigarette.

Congratulations to you. I look forward to celebrating your 10 year mark in a few short years with you.

Luv
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MoJo · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:35 pm Post subject:

What a marvellous thing, Evee. Anytime you get down, just think about that joy!

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eleven · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:19 pm Post subject:

uhhhh.........Mojo. Didn't you forget something?

It's your turn to share.
Let's hear it.
Very Happy

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ChristianWoman1 · Labrador Joined: 22 May 2008 Posts: 300

Well...there are many areas in my life which God has showed His love and performed miracles...but I will share His most recent gift to my family...bare with me..this is very hard....

In 2001 my life changed... Although I was already a lover of Christ and commited follower, it was in 2001 that I was born again. Many tragedies happened all at once ; My best friend Yvonne ( who was 41yrs. old) came down with a horrible head ache out of the blue...it got so bad she actually went to the ER and they found a tumor the size of a small orange in her brain Shocked

brain cancer at 42 Crying or Very sad

out of nowhere...and a single mother of a 3yr. old girl. This was in July 2001.
Then exactly 2 weeks later my brother Don ( who was 46yrs. old and a quadrapalegic) had a cardiac arrest and was admitted to ICU , came down with pneumonia and we [ my family ] prepared to say our "good bye's" Crying or Very sad

This was in August 2001.
Then in September our grandpa was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer...given 6 months to live Crying or Very sad

Then we all know what terror befell our nation on Sept.11,2001 Crying or Very sad

...as if that wasn't enough to carry....my brothr-in-law, Jamie ( who was then 31yrs. old) found a lump on his rib and was diagnosed with terminal cancer....not just any cancer, but a very rare cancer...only about 1,000 cases documented in the USA and only in older people over the age of 65! Shocked

So the doctors didn't even know how to treat him Crying or Very sad

This was the end of September...
in October my friend Yvonne had her second surgery to remove the tumor in her brain referred to as a "weed" bc it kept growing back within weeks of each removal Confused or disgusted

...my life has changed in this process. My days now revolved around caring for my sick family members and friend....
On November 6, 2001 my brother Don went home to our Lord. God's miracle here was his timing...we were ALL able to sit by his bedside with him and say our goodbye's...share one last hug...watch him peacfully slip away from his body. He endured over 85 oporations in his lifetime and was the happiest man I ever knew...my brother is now gone.
In December 2001, my husband was laid off from work...just 2 weeks before Christmas. This, my friends was the "straw that broke the camels back".... I found myself on my knees right here in my living room...all alone....crying...giving every inch of my being to God. I could not bear even one more straw....not one. Crying or Very sad

Death was all around me....Don was gone...Yvonne was getting weaker....grandpa was preparing to die as well....our country was in mourning, everyone looking for answers and revenge...and now, no work for my husband.

Needless to say...God is SO good! I can't even tell you [ to put into words ] the peace I felt that late night on my knees in the livingroom. God REALLY took the straws off my back and instead covered me with His blanket of peace Very Happy

My life was never the same again...

I got a call from our pastor that someone wanted to pay our mortgage in Dec....what a blessing! Very Happy

To this day I don't know who it was..but I"m determined to do the same one day for another needing family.

Fast forwarding a bit into 2002...

Yvonne was holding on, but continued having sugeries to remove the brain tumor about every 2 months... After severl surgeries her skull "gave in" and collapsed...leaving her head very deformed Crying or Very sad

They had to put a plastic skull on that side of her head...but God's miracle here was that she never lost her thougts or her humor!! Very Happy

Yvonne stayed Yvonne until the very end Very Happy

And along the way I was able to preach God' love to her, take her to church and she finally accepted the Lord before passing Very Happy

in May 2002...grandpa went home to our Lord. But God's blessing here again was his timing.... we were all able to sit by his bedside in his home and pray with him, say our goodbye's and watch him peacfully slip away...To have this time at one dying bedside is unbelievable..nothing short of a miracle...a true blessing.

Yvonne passed in Dec. 2002 Crying or Very sad

....with me at her side...holding her hand...knowing where she was going ; to be with our Lord...it just helps.

now...back to Jamie, my brother-in-law...

The doctors here gave up on him Crying or Very sad

They had NO clue how to treat him as they have never had to treat this rare cancer before...but it was a blessing in disguise bc Jamie ended up being treated in Oklahoma..the Cancer Treatment Center there, and this place is amazing! They ofered Jamie SO much hope...they prayed with him, treated him, and kept him going Very Happy

They, as did we, saw many,many,many miracles in Jamie bc he just shouldn't be still around ( according to the doctors Rolling Eyes

) but he hung in there....just too many little things to list, but I"m sure you all can imagine.

Well... Jamie never once accepted his cancer... he was simply too young! He was an inspiration to SO many people...he couldn't STAND being in the hospital Crying or Very sad

He absolutely hated it with a passion. Which brings me to our most recent miracle...which is why I wrote this post to begin with. ...sorry for the length of this Embarassed

I guess God wanted me to give you the whole "package" Embarassed

well...the most recent miracle. On Tuesday February 26th of this year Jamie got real sick Crying or Very sad

He had trouble breathing and was taken to the ER. My mother-in-law had talked with Jamie earlier in the night and knew he was struggling to breath so her gut told her to send dad over there ( around midnight) to just stay with him until the morning so they could take him in to see the doctor. It was God's doing that night....as soon as dad got there Jamie was in such a bad way that dad had to call 911 to take him to the ER Crying or Very sad

Had not he gone to just BE with Jamie through the night we know he would have died right there, all alone on his bedroom floor Crying or Very sad

So... now Jamie is in the hospital in ICU...we expect him to recover. He has pneumonia. He is not able to speak much, but we were able to communicate with him. As a couple days went by Jamie slipped further and further away... now unable to communicate and on a breathing machine ( just oxygen, not a ventilator) by Thursday we were informed "this was it" Crying or Very sad

Jamie was only coming out of his sleep every 6-7hrs. or so...so each minute was precious.
Jamie, even in this bed, was NOT accepting his death. In fact.as many people showed up to visit him and pray over him, he would "wak up" angry at anyone who was talking last words to him Crying or Very sad

He would be in a coma-like state, sleeping..then just wake up and yell "stop talking to me like that!"...it made us sad bc we only wanted to say our goodbye's, you know? well....
we stayed by his bedside every minute...taking shifts to be with him....all hours of the night.....Then on Friday Jamie woke up and said he was ready to go home to the Lord Shocked

....

we rejoiced with him on the inside...but wept profusely on the outside.
The entire time over the course of Jamie's illness he refused it...and we didn't know WHAT we would do when this time came to say good bye... Jamie hated hospitals.
What if he had gotten this ill while in Oklahoma????? We could not have been with him! God's miracle, yet again Wink

To now be at the bedside of a loved one passing away...the 4th time this was for me over a 6year period.....wow.

Jamie went home to be with our Lord on Sunday evening, March 2, 2008. The day before our youngest daughters 1st birthday. To celebrate her birthday , her first birthday, without Jamie and while mourning was....undescribable. Crying or Very sad

But I asked God, while sitting at Jamie's bedside...."please Lord, take him home before Nika's birthday...please, not on her birthday, please...." God answered that request Wink

So you see...God has moved mightily in SOOO many ways over the course of 6 years in my life, in my family's life. Very Happy

I could go on and on.... but I think this post is long enough Embarassed

( if you're still reading, thanks Wink

)

you asked, lets share about "God moments". I wasn't sure how to reply bc He has provided so many "moments" in my life...but felt this most recent one with Jamie's passing was fitting to share.

As I continue to grow in Christ, He is making changes in me and showing His love... and I"m forever greatful.

Thanks for reading Wink

It feels good to actually share all this at one place Wink

I guess I needed it Laughing

Be blessed today everyone!
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MoJo · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:25 am Post subject:

Okay, my turn. The Lord has been very good to me. I listen to some of the experiences of other people and realize that although I've had some hard times, some people have had to go through much worse.

Although my Father died 6 years ago (hard to believe so long) I asked the Lord that if he had to die then that it would be quick and painless and it was even though he had been sick for some time. There was a few little miracles that happened surrounding that event, but they happened in odd ways. He was 81, so he had lived a full life.

However that's not the story I'm going to relate. It's about showing the resurrection.

Now, of course all our experiences and how we view them are subjective, so this is how I saw it.

After my father died, my mother adopted a cat. Her name was poochie because every cat they've ever had has been named poochie. We're a cat loving family. She was a beautiful cat; a tortoise shell. For anyone who doesn't know what that is, it means three colours. Black white and sandy. The colouring was quite unique because none of the colours were pale. You don't see this type of solid colouring very often. BTW, if you ever find a male like this, it's worth a small fortune.

This cat was fearless, unfortunately. She was always crossing the street to the little woods. There was a warehouse type business also across the street and she would climb the stairs and go in to visit the employees, so they became quite familiar with her.

One day when I was just coming up the street to my mom's, I saw a van stopped in the street and two guys looking down at something and my heart just sank. I pulled into the driveway and rushed over and there was poochie. There wasn't a mark on her, but she was lifeless. I picked her up and ran back to the house praying all the time. We hovered over her and all the time I'm silently asking God to resurrect her. I said, if you can resurrect a man, a cat is nothing.

Well, God didn't resurrect this cat and we were devastated and I was very angry with God for quite a few days. Death is such a hard lesson, even when it's a beloved pet.

I got over my anger and reconciled myself. A couple of months later, I was once again coming up the street to my mom's and when I parked, the employees from across the street called to me and asked if we were going to keep the kitten and if not whether they could have it. Well, I had no idea what they were talking about.
They said, poochie's kitten. I said poochie didn't have any kittens, she was fixed. They were a little perplexed. So I went into the house and there was a kitten with the identical markings of poochie. I'm not just talking about the colours, but where they were placed as well.

I think I just about fainted. My brother had buried poochie out the back of the house on a hill and the people across the street said this little kitten had wandered down from the side of my mom's house and started crying at the window. They just assumed it was her kitten because she looked identical.

Well, we still have her and this one is deathly afraid of crossing the street. To this day, we have no idea where she came from even though we tried to find an owner.

That's not quite the end of the story. At some point after that, I had a rebellious thought. I was a little envious of the miracle my mother had received. Go figure. Who knows why our minds work the way they do. Sort of like the prodigal son. Why didn't you kill a calf for me? LOL!

Shortly thereafter, one day my husband called me when I was out and said I better get home. There was a kitten on my front porch that refused to leave. Well, I still have that one too. A beautiful black with a few spots of white. Maybe for my black thought...............

Both were gifts.

Very Happy

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