It was Christmas Eve almost 30 years ago. I was an Atheist. My mother was dying of cancer. She had been visited by some Christians and I suspected that she had accepted Christ.
She went into the hospital for the last time in early November. She told us that she would not die till spring. This was the year that it was 70 degrees in Michigan the week of Christmas. Every day in December she would ask how soon it was till Christmas. It was clear that she did not want to die before Christmas.
Early on Christmas Eve I was setting at her bedside reading. She was sleeping. She stopped breathing. I waited. Nothing. I waited some more. Nothing. I got up and stood next to her bed with my hands on the rails. And I prayed. “Dear God, I don’t know if you exist, but I think that she believes that you do. If you do exist, please help her tonight. She wants so much to spend one last Christmas here. She has struggled so hard. Please don’t let her die tonight. Please for her sake give her one last Christmas.”
Still she did not breathe. I waited a bit longer. At least 3 to 4 minutes had passed in total. Then I said to myself “I have to go tell the nurses that she has died.” And as I was turning to leave the room, there was a loud gasping sound and she started breathing again. I sat down. A few minutes later she woke up and asked “where is she?” “Where is who?” I asked. “The new nurse, she just started a few days ago. She is all dressed in white and she keeps waking me up. I just want to sleep, but she keeps saying wake up, wake up, I want to help you. Why won’t she just let me sleep?” And my mother was rather upset with me when I said that no one else had been in the room for the past 2 hours. She thought I had gone down the hall and missed the nurse. The nurses in that hospital did not wear white. Most of them had been there since before I was born. There was no “new nurse”, none in white. A chill went through me then. I felt that I had been a witness to something extraordinary.
She died 2 days after Christmas early in the AM. I was at home asleep. I had a dream that a black smoke like cloud was over me and I woke up and knew that she had died. I waited for the phone to ring. It took them another hour to call because the Dr. has to come and make the pronouncement.
2006-11-16 16:58:37
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answered by tonks_op 7
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I was raped once and it felt like the end of the world. I could not tell my lonely widow mother who is already a depressed personality and no siblings to turn to. I don't know why I burted it all out to almost a stranger, just a classmate, whom I had talked to, only a few times. I told my bf at the time too but it seems that he was not bothered in the least. It hurt even more. Eventually, I broke up with my bf and married my classmate who became a friend and then we decided to marry together. In my culture, marriage would have been difficult if I had told the truth to the oy or his family first and I have a personality that I would never try to hide such a thing from them. My husband of now is from an extremely different culture and region and had different tastes and outlook than me but we share a most beautiful relationship. I think of the incident now as God's plan to bring me together with my soulmate. Plus, I had some rebirth memories too as a child but they faded away by the time I turned three. I am still afraid of fire and extremely protective of my child and other loved ones.
2006-11-16 16:19:11
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answered by Smriti 5
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Well, my story is about something that happened to me. I was 3 years old, and i ran around to the drivers side of my moms car as she was getting out. i was actually standing pretty close to the middle of the road. There was an older man, who had just left the local VFW, he hit me with his car. My cousin happened to be 3 cars behind us. My heart actually stopped and I wasn't breathing for almost 6 minutes. My cousin did CPR (couldn't do mouth to mouth bcuz my upper lip was split completely down the middle), and my heart started & i was breathing, but unconcious. I was airlifted to a trauma unit, where I stayed in a coma for 4 days. I had severe trauma to my head, and had to have plastic surgery on my lip to put it back together. When I came out of the coma i wa still hospitalized for 3 months for rehabilitation. After 2 months of not being able to talk, I finally said "Happy Birthday, Daddy",when my dad visited me on his b-day! The specialist told my parents, that if i came out of the coma, i would be severly brain damaged and never walk again. I am 25 years old, went thru school when I was supposed to,no problems walking. I have been married for 6 years, and I have 4 year old twin boys and maybe another baby on the way! i think someone was watching out for me-as well as thru my whole life. Long story short-got really heavy into drugs & alcohol, was quite promiscuous. There is no reason but pure luck that i am not dead or diseased.
2006-11-16 16:26:11
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answered by stazia81 2
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A car accident. A minor one. Got to university after that. Got me thinking about purpose in life.
It might not be 'God's activity'.
A more appropriate explaination is that things happens in life, and bigger incidents like an accident or serious illness sounded an alarm in you and makes you think about your own life. You make decisions everyday that moves you into different directions of life.
2006-11-16 16:13:57
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answered by sk 2
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i haven't heard with reference to the summer season solstice element... even with the undeniable fact that....the 2nd I heard of Michael Jackson's death I knew that it had to have a deeper which capacity appropriate to the Illuminati. I do have faith his death became into some sort of sacrificial ritual in consequence of the Illuminati/Freemason to proceed their plan of mass recommendations administration. i do no longer understand why and how yet I DO might prefer to learn greater. i'm giving myself a reliable year till now i seem on the information and have faith the lies they made-as much as spew. i'm doing the analyze myself.
2016-10-04 01:37:07
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answered by ? 4
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I'm researcher and inventor in the age of 19.
I have had more than 4 inventions, and some researches. I've particiapted in international exhibitions and conferences.
and now, I'm trying to make a drug for cancer.
I always beleive that, all of these happenings are God's help. don't you think so?
2006-11-16 18:45:16
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answered by Amin Purhematy 2
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After spending 4 years in the USAF getting out and sensing an emptiness in my being that any form of accomplishment would not fill. I saw this sign out in front of the Church that said FOR GOD SO LOVED and the rest of the verse you know. That was a new concept for me to know and I followed up on the concept and found Christ at the end of that promise. That night I knelt down by my bedside and asked Jesus Christ into my life. I was followed up by two Wheaton College students that help solidify my faith by sharing verses and having ardent discussions with me. It has been a life of simple faith and ups and downs in life. With fathering two children with disabilities that required wheelchairs, life has been good.
Life is not fair but Christ is what makes it good. My life verse has been Proverbs 3:5,6
12 reasons to be a Christian
1. Truth in a world full of lies
2. Hope in a world full of despair
3. Life in a world full of death
4. Love in a world full of hate
5. Forgiveness in a world full of vengeance
6. Power in a world full of weakness
7. Certainty in a world full of confusion
8. Purpose in a world full of pointlessness
9. Peace in a world full of war
10. Order in a world full of chaos
11. Beauty in a world full of ugliness
12. Right in a world full of wrong.
2006-11-16 16:12:28
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answered by rapturefuture 7
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Right from my child hood my Father taught me to rely on God.
I failed in ix th standard all others scolded me. My dad said you have to pray so go and learn the prayer and recite it every day you will pass. i did so and never again failed in any examination.
He said never accept bribe in any form, God will give you all you want. This has also proved correct.
I was to go for my interview for the job which i did for 35 years. The train was scheduled to leave at 4'o'clock and i was still at home at 3:30. father picked me up and when he drop-ed me at the station entrance the train whit sled. I had no ticket. I rushed to the train which had started moving and threw my suitcase in and got in to find the ticket checker has helped me to get in. I asked him to give me a ticket and he obliged.That moment i knew my destiny has begun. There are umpteen incidents in my life which showed me god is behind me.Even at this moment i ask him what is your plan for me for tomorrow?
2006-11-17 16:39:01
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answered by Brahmanda 7
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A horse ran away with me one time. Fell off hitting my head on the ground with my foot stuck in the stirrup and drug for a long ways. Skull cracked in 3 places, back a bloody mess. Long story short, God pulled me through in perfect order when the docs said it probley wouldn't happen.
2006-11-16 16:20:23
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answered by Red neck 7
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just a couple wks ago i put my jeans on and my roommate told me they were ripped,i said Lord i need a new pair of jeans,thought nothing else really about it later that day i decided i would go check out the good -will look for antiques and treasures and a big sign was on the door said 'all jeans buy one get one free,* today only*
2006-11-16 16:35:43
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answered by Me 5
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